Gargantua. from the journal La Caricature Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Printer and publisher: Aubert et Cie (Paris, founded 1829)

December 16, 1831

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

stone: 9 1/4 × 12 1/16 in. (23.5 × 30.6 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

2016.155.1

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
René Gaston-Dreyfus (1886-1969), not in Lugt, his stamp, verso. Sold: Deuxième Vente, Hotel Drouot, 7 & 9 December, 1966, Lot 69. Whereabouts unknown until acquisition by R.E. Lewis, San Rafael, CA, in the 1995. Private collection until acquisition in 2016 by Carolyn Bullard and Susan Schulman.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 38
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

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

Subject

monarchy oppression

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