Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
1851
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Identification #
2016.001.1168
Height
10"
Width
14 1/2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: Lilly Jacobson Collection Box 18
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
Series: Physionomies Tragiques
Original text: ATHALIE "Mais je n'ai plus trouvé qu'un horrible mélange "D'os et de chair meurtris et traînés dans la fange....!"
English: ATHALIE. All I found was a mixture of bones, of blood and flesh in various tones.
Lithograph, published in Le Charivari, initialed in the lithographic stone
Purchased with funds from the Myers Foundations
University Art Collections: Art & Design Study Collections
Daumier’s lithograph shows scene from a performance of Athalie, the final tragedy of seventh-century French writer Jean Racine. What is perhaps most interesting in the print are the high-contrast illumination effects that Daumier reveals that suggest the “modern” use of gas light—rather than oil lamps, which had been utilized previously for theatrical lighting.