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Honoré Daumier

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth (Une Mauvaise Cuisine)

Description

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert &amp

Title

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth (Une Mauvaise Cuisine)
from the series "Actualités"

Year

1850

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 23.6 x 27 cm (9 5/16 x 10 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on image, on the signs: Le Constitutionnel./ L'Assemblee Nationale/ La Patrie; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert Pl de la Bourse; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LC: Une Mauvaise Cuisine; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LL: Actualites/ D.2011 II/ 1850

Identification

State

2nd of 3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.093

Type

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth (Une Mauvaise Cuisine); from the series "Actualités", 1850
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 23.6 x 27 cm (9 5/16 x 10 5/8 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 36.093

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