Updated 28 April 2022
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Head of an old man — one of five exprimental etchings on one plate by Daumier; Henri Harpignies; Felician Rops; and Taiee.
Date | 1872 |
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Materials and Techniques | etching |
Size(cm) | Plate marks: 10.3 x 22.7 Pictorial area of Daumier: 5.0 x 7.0 |
Inscriptions | Inscribed on the plate, below the pictorial area of Daumier, left: DAUMIER. (The names of Harpignies and Rops also inscribed by the same hand); Inscribed and dated by a different hand(?) below the invented composition, upper center: a tailée. 29 mai 72. chez ch. da Beriot |
Standard ref. | Delteil 3955 (ii/ii), Tobu III-475 |
Category | Prints |
Collection Number | G.2000-1752 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 2000
- Honoré Daumier Caricatures III: From the Tobu Collections, Tobu Museum of Art, 5 February 2000 - 14 March 2000, no. 150
Bibliography
- 2002
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. pp. 14-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 140.