- Dire que nous v'la Parisiens!....

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Title:
- Dire que nous v'la Parisiens!....
Title (alt.):
Charivari. - They say that we are now Parisians!....
Description:
A couple in the country note that, with the expanding city limits of Paris, they are now Parisians. In 1860 the Government of Paris decided to increase the boundaries of the city, thereby incorporating many of the former suburbs. In the background of this print we can see the silhouette of the Pantheon. According to Cherpin, the Musée Cantini in Marseille has a lithographic stone of this plate, the authenticity of which doesn't seem to be clear. Special prints were published from this stone stating "après Daumier" (after Daumier). Over a period of 8 years we were able to locate only about twenty stones of which the largest collection, 14 stones attributed to Daumier, were originally at the Musée Cantini in Marseille and were now supposed to be at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Marseille. Two of them were shown in a Daumier exhibition in 1947 together with an old lithographic press. To our knowledge, only two stones are presently in private collections, while the remaining four are spread in museums such as Boston, Bibliothèque Nationale, Hammer Collection etc. On December 20, 2007 we were informed by the curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Marseille that indeed the 14 stones mentioned by Cherpin in "Art et Provence" 1948 (pp 155/156) were not part of the Museum’s collection, nor did they belong to the Musée Cantini in Marseille. He believes that these stones were in 1947 most likely part of a private collection and they may have been lent on exhibition during the period described by Cherpin. We are presently trying to collect more information about the whereabouts of these 14 stones. Exhibited were the numbers DR 763, 2182, 2325, 2825, 3015, 3019, and 3235. Differences between the text visible on the stone and compared to the prints appeared on DR 2325 and DR 2825 (details in "Art et livres de Provence"). At the 1985 Aulnay-sous-bois Daumier exhibition, which was curated by Cherpin, the lithographic stone for this print appeared again (from Marseille?). On April 20, 1985 a special reprint from the stone was made of some 500 prints, which were sold to the visitors of the exhibition. For an unknown reason, on page 16, the catalogue states that the stone had not been used since 1914. This may indicate that additional copies had been made at an earlier date.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1860
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Conversation pieces
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25 x 28 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3662
Terms of Use:
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:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 23, 1860.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3235