- Je n'ai jamais tant ri qu'à l'enterrement de la fille à Bourdin...... (Henry Monnier)
Title (alt.):
Boulevard. - I have never laughed so much as at the funeral of Bourdin's daughter...... (Henri Monnier)
Description:
A couple of men are having drinks and discussing the last time they laughed so much. One claims that his last time was at a comedy. MONNIER, Henri Bonaventure (1799-1877) was a writer, painter and lithographer, working for „La Caricature“ from 1830 on. He was also an actor e.g. in the role of Brazier in the play “La famille improvisée” in 1831. As co-author of VAET he wrote in 1853 a play with the title „Grandeur et Décadence de Monsieur Prudhomme“. MONNIER is portrayed by Daumier in the print nr. DR 2347. This print depicts one of Daumier's timeless, beautiful drinking scenes. While the lithographic stone usually has been leveled after its use, in this specific case the stone still exists (former collection Maurice Loncle). The size of the print sur Chine (on China paper) is 199x214 mm (illustration), with boards: 212x278 mm, entire sheet size: 294x395 mm. The print shown here the date of the journal erroneously shows 1852 instead of 1862.
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Boulevard, August 3, 1862.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
