About the Artwork
Le ventre législatif
1834
Honoré Daumier (Artist) French, 1808-1879 Imprimerie de Becquet (Printer)
Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 11 × 17 1/8 inches (27.9 × 43.5 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 × 20 5/8 inches (35.2 × 52.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
21.116
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, on stone, lower right: h. Daumier
Inscribed, on stone, lower center: LE VENTRE LEGISLATIF. | Aspect des bancs ministériels de la chambre improstituée de 1834. Inscribed, upper left: 18e. Dessin de l'association mensuelle (mois de janvier) Inscribed, lower left: Chez Aubert, galerie vero dodat. Inscribed, lower right: L. de Becquet, rue furstemberg 6.
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1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Honoré Daumier, Le ventre législatif, 1834, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.116.
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