Voilà une femme qui, à l'heure solennelle où nous sommes, s'occupe bêtement de ses enfans... (There’s a woman who, at this solemn hour, stupidly occupies herself with her children...), from the series Les Divorceuses
Artist/Maker
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808–1879)
Date1848
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (25.1 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (35.9 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (35.9 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eugene L. Garbaty
PortfolioLes Divorceuses (Advocates of Divorce)
Object number1954.124
Status
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ProvenanceEugene L. Garbáty [1880-1966], Berlin and New York; by gift 1954 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
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Satire and Sympathy: Daumier’s Human Comedy
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 1980 - March 9, 1980 )
The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th Century France
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2013 - December 22, 2013 )
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19th century
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