Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
Title of Work
Vous êtes banquier, monsieur?
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Date of Work
1838
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Identification #
2016.001.0605
Collection/Provenance
Gift from the estate of Lilly Jacobson.
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: Lilly Jacobson Collection Box 10
Location
UND Art Collections Office, Hughes Fine Arts Center
Artist Bio
Honoré Daumier was a prolific painter, printmaker and caricaturist born in 1808 in Marseille, France. In 1822 Daumier studied under Alexandre Lenoir, an artist and archaeologist that was dedicated to saving French monuments during the French Revolution. One year later he went on to attend the Académie Suisse. His works are best known for commenting and critiquing on the 19th century social and political life in France. Honoré Daumier's works can be found at the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, and several other prominent collections internationally. The University of North Dakota holds more than 1600 works by Daumier, the vast majority of which are part of the Lilly Jacobson Collection, which can be accessed here: https://commons.und.edu/daumier-prints/.
Aside from making powerful politically-charged images that reflected his pro-republican views, Daumier satirized lawyers, doctors, businessmen, professors, and lifestyles of the bourgeoisie. Although the inscriptions that accompany Daumier’s lithographs were not written by him, one might assume they mostly conveyed the spirit of the artist’s intent behind his images.
Additional Information
Series: Album Caricaturana
Published in Le Charivari
Original text: Vous êtes banquier, monsieur ? – Oui, monsieur, je fais une banque, et une fameuse ! J’ose le dire : je fais la banque du commerce de Beaucaire, capital 4 millions. Ma haute capacité, ma probité, mes connaissances financières sont une garantie du plus immense succès, aussi les actions s’enlèvent, on se bat pour en avoir et l’on en a pas, elles sont toutes prises…... – Tant mieux, monsieur ; car il vous sera plus facile de payer cette lettre de change de cent écus pour laquelle je vous arrête. – (Macaire stupéfait) Fichtre !! C’est différent !….. Alors, monsieur, la vraie vérité, c’est que je n’ai pas le sou, je n’ai pas le premier sou !…. Mais, attendez un peu et la première action qui se placera sera pour vous. Avis : On souscrit chez Mr. Bertrand, Agent de change. Mr. Wormspire, Banquier, et Mandrin, Notaire.
Rights
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