Dis donc. . . mon mari. . . j'ai bien envie d'appeler mon drame Arthur et d'intituler mon enfant Oscar!. . . mais non. . . toute réflexion faite, je ne déciderai rien avant d'avoir consulté mon collaborateur!. . . (Listen. . . my husband. . . I am tempted to call my drama "Arthur" and my child "Oscar!". . . but no. . . all things considered, I will not decide anything without consulting my collaborator!), pl. 2 from the series Les Bas-Bleus (The Bluestockings) from the journal Le Charivari Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Publisher: Aubert et Cie (Paris, founded 1829)

February 1, 1844

Honoré Daumier’s forty lithographs ridiculing the aspirations of the feminists of the day were published in the satirical periodical Le charivari between January 30 and August 7, 1834. The series poked fun at the admirers of the feminist writer George Sand (the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin), who were perceived as physically unfeminine and neglectful of their obligations as wives and mothers. Unlike his slightly older contemporary Eugène Delacroix, Daumier never illustrated a preexisting literary text, but with these images, accompanied by extensive captions, Daumier—who loved the theater—was illustrating a series of mini-dramas of his own invention.

Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (33.5 × 25.5 cm)
Credit Line: The Arthur Ross Collection
Accession Number: 2012.159.62.2
Culture: French
Period: 19th century
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Gabriel Cognacq (Lugt supplement 538d, verso); Swann Gallery, New York, May 6, 2004 (271); William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation Collection, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Lucy Gellman, "Absent Mothers, Anxious Fathers, Babies in the Bathwater: Honoré Daumier's "Les bas-bleaus"," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2014), 54–58, fig. 1

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

caricatures, daily life, human figures (visual works), lithographs

Marks

Collector stamp verso LR in indigo ink: Gabriel Cognacq (Lugt 538d)

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