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Source Description
In the 1860s the great caricaturist Daumier produced a number of drawings exploring the reactions of viewers to works of art. In this example, one of several set in a studio, the haughty, aloof artist awaits the presumably enthusiastic responses of his visitors.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
31440
label
The Amateurs
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
31440
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Amateurs
description
In the 1860s the great caricaturist Daumier produced a number of drawings exploring the reactions of viewers to works of art. In this example, one of several set in a studio, the haughty, aloof artist awaits the presumably enthusiastic responses of his visitors.
provenance
P. Aubry, Paris, March 20, 1877, by purchase [from the artist]; Mme Aubry [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1895 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Cyrus J. Lawrence (1886-1910), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Cyrus J. Lawrence Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 21-22, 1910, lot 34; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase [using the alias Henry Chester]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1865-1868
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
32.4
height
30.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 3/4 x W: 12 1/8 in. (32.4 x 30.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right in brown ink: h. Daumier
med
black crayon with watercolor and gouache heightened with white gouache on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
creator_ids
7521
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2017
432
2069
2366
2417
2297
2376
2447
404
3008
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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fb92454e2965c05b