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- Artist
- Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879) - Title
- The Terrible Stage Manager. - You are telling me that you missed today's rehearsal because you had to put leeches on your mother? - Yes sir. - But, when you first came here three months ago, you told me that you were an orphan. This is the first time in my long career at the theater that I have heard of a dead person asking for leeches. (Le terrible règisseur. - Comment vous me dites que vous avez manqué la répétition aujourd'hui parce que vous avez posé des sangsues à votre mère?... - Oui, monsieur! - Mais il y a trois mois, en entrant ici, vous m'avez dit que vous étiez orpheline... c'est la première fois, dans ma longue carrière dramatique, que je vois poser des sangsues a une personne morte.), number 5 from the series The Difficult Moments of Life (Les Moments Difficile de la Vie)
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- 9 3/8 x 8 3/16 in. Image
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Wurdemann
- Accession No.
- 1977.507
- Classification
- Prints
- Geography
- France
Related
To 1977, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); December 1977, gifted to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 3276
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