Honore Daumier Croquis Aquatiques: Madame Prudhomme, ne nous pressons pas... (Water sketches: Madame Prudhomme let us not hurry...)

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Artist:: Honore Daumier
Title:: Croquis Aquatiques: Madame Prudhomme, ne nous pressons pas... (Water sketches: Madame Prudhomme let us not hurry...)
Production Date:: 1854
Medium:: lithograph
Size (hxw):: 220 x 270 mm
Inscription:: (within image) H.D. (monogram - l.l.) 676 (l.c.) (below image) maison Martinet 116 r de Rivoli et 41 r Vivienne (l.l.) (below image) Lith. Destouches 28r Paradis Pre Paris (l.r.) 1236 (pencil - l.r.) -Madame Prudhomme, ne nous pressons pas, ne nous pressons pas, rappelons nous que la dignite doit presider a tous les actes de notre vie.... la dignite seule distinque l'homme de reste des animaux... Translated as: Let us not hurry, Madame Prudhomme,let us recall that dignity must preside over all the acts of life... dignity, alone, distiguishes man from other animals!' (l.c.) (above image) CROQUIS AQUATIQUES (u.c.) 2(u.r.)
Credit Line:: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession No:: 1981/50/12/2
Copyright:: No known copyright restrictions
Department:: International Art
Edition:: 2nd state