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for Dire qu’en France, j’avais tant de mal à en avoir une, et ici, m’en v’là tout d’suite deux sur les bras…qué crâne pays! from En Chine
Dire qu’en France, j’avais tant de mal à en avoir une, et ici, m’en v’là tout d’suite deux sur les bras…qué crâne pays! from En Chine
Creator
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1859
Mediumlithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall (sheet): 28.1 x 30.1 cm (11 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Image: 22.7 x 26.3 cm (8 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Image: 22.7 x 26.3 cm (8 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Hunter, 1936
Category
- Prints
Object number2405
ProvenancePrints from the En Chine series address the intervention of France and England in China in the late 1850s. The current image shows a Frenchman boasting about his spoils – two women. His ability to allure two women simultaneously inflates his ego, because on French soil he had a hard time charming a single lady. The man holds his chin up high and his arms interlock with those of the two women who stand on each of his sides. To please the man, the women wave fans at him. Interestingly, neither female figure looks Chinese. Daumier’s print is likely making a comment about the French and Chinese races, yet the exact meaning of the work remains somewhat of an enigma.
LocationNot currently on display
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