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Honoré Daumier
L'imagination (series of prints)1843

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Lithograph showing an oversized man hunched at a writing desk, surrounded by dozens of tiny puppet-like figures on thin lines, with insects and cobwebs at lower right
Lithograph depicting a genre interior scene; a stout woman in a white bonnet and apron sits in a wooden armchair reading, while small figures parade with drums at left; coins and money bags scatter across the foreground floor; kitchen utensils and pottery on shelves in background; French text caption below.
Black and white lithograph with French text caption. A man in a long coat and cap sits on a chair outdoors among bare winter trees, gesturing with outstretched hands. Surrounding him are multiple small figures of women in 19th-century dress, some perched in the trees and others standing at various scales, suggesting a daydream or fantasy.
Artist or Maker
Honoré Daumier
Title
L'imagination (series of prints)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1843
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Various, see individual records
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Talpis
Accession Number
54.71.86-.88
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré: Daumier, Vols 20-29. Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1906-1926.