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An Excusable Error: Chickens believe they have found the cage where they were raised (Une Erreur Excusable)


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An Excusable Error: Chickens believe they have found the cage where they were raised (Une Erreur Excusable)

1857
19th century
200 x 263 mm (7.9 x 10.4 in.)

Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Lithograph on lightweight off-white wove paper
State: Third of three states
Print impression quality: Very good
Series: Plate 21 from album The Crinoline Mania (La Crinolonomanie)
Edition: As printed by Destouches and published in 1857 by Le Charivari in the album “La Crinolonomanie”; the second (prior) state was published in Le Charivari, 12 January 1857
Marks: Signed on stone, lower left: “h.D.”; printed in black ink below image: caption “Poulets croyant retrouver la cage dans laquelle ils ont passé leur première jeunesse”; printed in black ink below image, lower left: “Mon Martinet, 146, r. Rivoli et 41 r. Vivienne”; printed in black ink below image, lower right: “Lith Destouches 28, r Paradis Pre Paris”; inscribed in brown ink below image, lower right corner: “Certificate le tirage conform / paris le 7 janvier 1857 / Destouches.”; printed in black ink above image, upper right: “21”; inscribed in pencil, lower right corner: “91”; inscribed in pencil, lower left corner, verso: “1457”; inscribed in pencil, lower right corner, verso: “042023”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Henri M. Petiet, 1894–1980 (per dealer, based on stamp in black ink on verso, lower right corner: “H.M.P.” in oval, not in Lugt); R. Gaston-Dreyfus (per dealer, based on stamp in black ink on verso, lower right corner: “R.G-D” in oval, not in Lugt).
Bibliography: Loys Delteil 2916; see object file for dealer’s description, especially regarding provenance.
Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2007
Accession Number: 2007.8.1

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  • chickens
  • fashion - A prevailing usually short lived custom, usage, or style. W
  • satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]

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  • image Dimensions: 200 x 263 mm (7.9 x 10.4 in.)

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