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The Sleep of France (Repos de la France)

The Sleep of France (Repos de la France)

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Honoré Daumier

By the late 18th century in England, then France, the long tradition of praising rulers in paintings and sculptures was turned on its head by hoi polloi printmakers who dared to make fun of their own rulers.
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
The Sleep of France (Repos de la France)
Date
1834
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 9 13/16 in. Image
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1986.277
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

To 1986, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); November 1986, 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. 84

  • Daumier Lithographs: Characters and Caricatures: Chazen Museum of Art, 12/23/2016–2/19/2017
  • Loaded Image, The: Printmaking as Persuasion: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/18/2011–10/30/2011
  • Nineteenth-Century Caricatures by Honoré Daumier: The Helen Wurdemann Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1/13/1996–2/11/1996

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