Honoré Daumier
(France 1808–1879)
- Title
- The past, the present, the future
- Alternative title:
- Le passe, le present, l'avenir
- Year
- 1834
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Dimensions
-
26.0 x 20.0cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1988
- Accession number
- 476.1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The familiar image of Louis-Philippe as a pear was invented by Charles Philipon but it was Daumier who employed it most brilliantly in many of his prints. Here the expressions on a three-faced pear change from a smile to a malevolent scowl.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Domain, 1991, 6.
- Exhibition history (2)
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Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Nov 1990–27 Jan 1991.
Printmaking in the age of Romanticism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Aug 2009–25 Oct 2009.
