Honoré Daumier, The Disadvantage of Being In A Car, Lithograph, 1852

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The downside of being in a car is ab / w lithograph (n.5 flat) from the satirical print series ''the … Read more The downside of being in a car is ab / w lithograph (n.5 flat) from the satirical print series ''the pleasure train'' composed of caricatures ''morals'' (of behaviors) realized by honoré daumier (france , 1808-1879) in 1852. This platform, published by the house martinet, paris, appeared on the french periodical le charivari in 1852. Printed by the lithographer charles trinocq. Reference: h. Delteil reasoned catalog, 2329. Registration: monogrammed on stone, hd, 433. Complete caption: the downside of being in a car where there are travelers who become susceptible say they too drank. Superb specimen, full margins, depicting a dark train car with the human chaos therefore, is in excellent condition with imperceptible aging signs (light redness and some traces of oxidation on the margins). A copy of the saami flat is preserved at the permanent collection of the national gallery of art, washington, d. S. Bibliography: 1906 delteil loys. The painter engraver illustrates. 31 flights. Paris: published by the author, 1906-1926. Paperback. New york: collectors editions, da capo press, 1969. Vol. 30 (albert besnard) is by louis godfrey. Honoré-victorin daumier (marseille, 1808 - valmondois 1879) the french painter, sculptor, and printmaker, best-known as the ''michelangelo of the cartoons'', honoré daumier, offers us commentary on the social and political life in france, from the revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second napoleonic empire in 1870. Caricatures and cartoons of political figures satirizing the behavior de son countrymen in newspapers and periodicals was his hand activity, for qui est devenu he popular in his lifetime and is remebered and appreciate still today. He was a republican democrat targets whose were the bourgeoisie, the church, lawyers and the judiciary, politicians, and the monarchy. His talented and satiric pencil had a very high cost is his life: he was jailed for months in 1832 several partner after the publication of offensive gargantua because of a depiction of king louis philippe. Charles baudelaire noticed the daumier's production and greatly admired his paintings, qui were to-have an impact was younger generation of impressionist and postimpressionist painters. Later generations-have come to recognize daumier as one of the great french artists of the 19th century. Prolific artist daumier was that produced more than 100 sculptures, 500 paintings, 1000 drawings, 1000 wood engravings, lithographs and 4000. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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