La Chûte d'Icare (The Fall of Icarus)
La Chûte d'Icare (The Fall of Icarus)

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La Chûte d'Icare (The Fall of Icarus),

published in Le Charivari, October 20, 1842

Honoré Daumier, 1808–1879; born Valmondois, France; died Marseille, France
x1935-1628 d

Information

Title
La Chûte d'Icare (The Fall of Icarus)
Dates

published in Le Charivari, October 20, 1842

Maker
Honoré Daumier
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 25.6 x 20.7 cm. (10 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 35.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Object Number
x1935-1628 d
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription
Lettered and numbered above stone, upper center and right: HISTOIRE ANCIENNE / 31. Signed with initials in stone, lower left corner: h.D. Numbered in stone, lower right corner: 419 Publisher and printer below stone, lower left and right: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant, 16. / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. Titled in lower margin: LA CHÛTE D'ICARE. Captioned in lower margin: Tandis que le soleil lui rôtissait les ailes, / Son vieux gredin de père, auteur de ce moyen, / Disait, le voyant choir des voûtes éternelles: / Décidément ça vaut rien. / (Un poète qui ne va qu'en fiacre).
Reference Numbers
Delteil 955; Hazard and Delteil 1904
Culture
French, European
Type
prints, lithographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
figures (representations), sky, Greek mythology, sons, fathers, satire, men

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