Title
Madame Prudhomme, let's not hurry...
1854
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Madame Prudhomme, let's not hurry, let’s not hurry, let us remember that dignity should preside over all the deeds of our life... dignity alone sets man apart from the rest of the animals!...
- Madame Prudhomme, let's not hurry, let's recall that dignity should preside over all acts of life... dignity alone distinguishes man from the rest of the animals. (Daumier Register) - Alternative title
- Madame Prudhomme, ne nous pressons pas, ne nous pressons pas, rappelons-nous que la dignité doit présider à tous les actes de la vie… la dignité seule, distingue l’homme du reste des animaux!...
- Date
- 1854
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Edition
- ii of 2
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 26.6 cm image; 24.9 x 32.0 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., black ink [inscribed on stone] "h.D.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs Hanne Fairfax 1967
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- DO13.1967
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Honoré Daumier
Works in the collection
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About
Plate 2 from the 'Croquis aquatiques' ('Aquatic sketches') series, published in 'Le Charivari', 13 September 1854.
Mr Joseph Prudhomme was a fictive character who impersonated the complacent, corpulent bourgeois of that period.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 1990–27 Jan 1991
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Nicholas Draffin, Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Sydney, 1991, p 12.
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