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The Salon on Opening Day
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Honoré Daumier, Maison Martinet, and others

The Salon on Opening Day

1856

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The Salon on Opening Day

1856

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Sheet: 248 x 296 mm. (9 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.) Image: 190 x 150 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, the Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.3903
Published in the journal "Le Charivari" on June 22, 1857.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Joseph S. Czestochowski, The Maryland Institute, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Apr. 6 - 27, 1976.

Joseph Czestochowski, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "William Gropper Retrospective," Sept. 23 - Oct. 24, 1976.

Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Sona Johnston, BMA (Jacobs Gallery 3), "Honoré Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 19 November 2003 - 21 March 2004.

Daumier and the Art of Caricature, November 7, 1989- January 14, 1990.

Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "h.D." Inscribed in stone: upper center "LE SALON DE 1857"; upper right "1"; lower left "maison Martinet, 172, r Rivoli et 44, r. Vivienne."; lower center "Aspect du salon le jour de l'ouverture, -rien que de vrais connaisseurs, total soixante mille personnes."; lower right, in image "61"; lower right ":oth. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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Printer

Destouches

2000–2000

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