The Fall of Icarus (La Chûte d'Icare)
The Fall of Icarus (La Chûte d'Icare)
from Ancient History (Histoire ancienne)
1842
ink on paper
sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm)
Honoré Daumier
(Marseille, France, 1808 - 1879, Valmondois, France)
CULTURE OR GROUP:
French
OBJECT TYPE:
lithographs
MARKS:
t.c.: “Histoire Ancienne.” t.r. “31.”l.c.: “La Chute D’Icare/Tandis que le soleil lui rotissait les ailes,/Son vieux gredin de pere, auteur de ce moyen,/ Disait; le voyant choir des voutes eternelles:/Decidement ca ne vaut rien.” l.r.: “[Un poete qui ne v
IMAGE USE:
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CREDIT LINE:
Herbert B. and Marjorie H. Fried Collection
OBJECT NUMBER:
2002-14-65
PERMALINK:
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DIMENSIONS
- primary object, image: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (26 x 21 cm)
- sheet, sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm)