As they say, Madame de Coffignon, even in a bathing suit . . . One regognizes a proper lady . . . unlike those harlots who would ape our style! (On a beau dire, Mme de Coffignon, même en costume de bain.... on reconnait toujours une femme comme il faut..... ce ne sont pas des lorettes qui auraient notre tournure), number 2 from the series Summer Sketches (Croquis d'Été)

As they say, Madame de Coffignon, even in a bathing suit . . . One regognizes a proper lady . . . unlike those harlots who would ape our style! (On a beau dire, Mme de Coffignon, même en costume de bain.... on reconnait toujours une femme comme il faut..... ce ne sont pas des lorettes qui auraient notre tournure), number 2 from the series Summer Sketches (Croquis d'Été)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
As they say, Madame de Coffignon, even in a bathing suit . . . One regognizes a proper lady . . . unlike those harlots who would ape our style! (On a beau dire, Mme de Coffignon, même en costume de bain.... on reconnait toujours une femme comme il faut..... ce ne sont pas des lorettes qui auraient notre tournure), number 2 from the series Summer Sketches (Croquis d'Été)
Date
1856
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
7 9/16 x 10 1/8 in. Image
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1985.60
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

To 1985, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); March 1985, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 2843

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