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Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin: Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupède de France et un bipède du même pays from Actualités
Creator
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Datec. 1854
Mediumlithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall: 24.8 x 33.9 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
Image: 20.6 x 24.3 cm (8 1/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Image: 20.6 x 24.3 cm (8 1/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Hunter, 1936
Category
- Prints
Object number2396
ProvenanceIt was not uncommon for Daumier to depict the activities of his French compatriots in an exotic setting even though he never travelled outside of France. Daumier satirized all, and on certain occasions this meant that the French were the ones ridiculed in images where they were placed side-by-side with foreigners. In Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin, a Frenchman stands next to a pig in a fenced area while a group of Chinese men look at the two creatures. The way in which the Frenchman is on display is demeaning, and the caption implies that both the pig and the man are animals. Interest in China grew under the reign of Louis-Philippe because of opium trading and the desire in France to acquire chinoisseries. Daumier drew an entire series of prints juxtaposing the French and Chinese cultures, titled Voyage en Chine.
LocationNot currently on display
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