About the Artwork
La tête branlante
1834
Honoré Daumier (Artist) French, 1808-1879 Delaunois (Printer) French
Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper
Image (excluding letters): 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (20.6 × 27.3 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (26.7 × 34.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker
74.278
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, on stone, lower right of image: H - D.
Inscribed, center bottom margin: La tete bran- lante. Inscribed, upper left: La Caricature (Journal) No. 204 Inscribed, upper right: Pl. 427. Inscribed, lower left: Au Bureau, chez Aubert, pass. Vero-Dodat. Inscribed, lower right: Lith: Delaunois, r. du Bouloi, 19 Inscribed, in pencil, lower right margin: D275/12
Collector's stamp, in blue ink, verso: EEJ (not in Lugt)
Provenance
1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Honoré Daumier, La tête branlante, 1834, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker, 74.278.
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