Ah! il m'a donné congé... (Ah! He has kicked me out...), plate 23 from the series Locataires et Proprietaires (Tenants and Owners) in Le Charivari
Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808 - 1879
published October 9, 1847
Lithograph on paper
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 9 11/16 in. (36.4 × 24.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.945.9
Printer
Imprimerie d'Aubert & Cie, Paris
Publisher
Chez Aubert & Cie, Paris
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Lettered, upper center: LOCATAIRES ET PROPRIETAIRES; lettered, upper right: N.o [o in superscript] 23; initialled, on stone, lower left: h.D.; inscribed, on stone, lower right: 1085; lettered, lower left margin: [C]hez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse.; lettered, lower right margin: Imp. Aubert & C.ie [ie in superscript]; lettered, lower center: - Ah! il m'a donné congé. . . . .tiens j'emporterai son papier. . . .je voudrais pouvoir emporter ses murailles!; reverse, stamped, in blue ink, lower left: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, / DEPT. OF ART AND / ARCHAEOLOGY; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: From Mrs. Wilson 4/9/45
Exhibition History
France in Transformation: The Caricature of Honore Daumier, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 25-August 24, 2009.
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1945.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hazard (1904): 2032; Delteil(1926), Vol. 5: 1616.; Daumier Register: 1616
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