La Salle University Art Museum Collections - L’Homme in naturalibus (Man in his natural state)

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L’Homme in naturalibus (Man in his natural state)

1840-1842
19th Century
8 x 10 1/8 in. (20.3 x 25.7 cm)

Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)

Object Type: PRINTS

Creation Place: Europe, France

Medium and Support: Lithograph, hand-colored

Accession Number: 72-G-395

"Philosophy, my dear Bertrand, explains very well our two characters by our physiques…you are weak, I am strong… you are sly, I a, courageous …you are the ivy, I am the oak. Without me, the faintest breath of the police would plunge you in the torrent of misfortune…stay with me and have the following engraved on your weapons: “I hold on or I die”.
-Robert Macaire 2eme series (Paris: Aubert), 1840-1841; La Caricature, May 23, 1841; Le Charivari, August 9, 1842

Current Location: In Storage

Exhibitions

- The Buffoonish Bourgeois: Caricatures and Satire of the Upper Middle-Class Businessman in 19th-century France, Curated by Carmen Vendelin, La Salle University Art Museum, March 5– May 30, 2008.

Dimensions

Sheet Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (26.7 x 34.9 cm)
Mat Dimensions: 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)

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This object is a member of the following portfolios:

Exhibition - The Buffoonish Bourgeois

Prints, 19th Century

Exhibition - The Buffoonish Bourgeois

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L’Homme in naturalibus (Man in his natural state)