id: 142014
accession number: 1965.543
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Ancient History: The Abandonment of Ariadne, 1842. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Aubert. Lithograph; sheet: 34.2 x 26.7 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.); image: 23.9 x 20 cm (9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1965.543
title: The Abandonment of Ariadne
title in original language:
series: Ancient History
series in original language:
creation date: 1842
creation date earliest: 1842
creation date latest: 1842
current location:
creditline: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
copyright:
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: lithograph
department: Prints
collection: PR - Lithograph
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Daumier Register / Delteil 948 ; Hazard-Delteil 1924
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CREATORS
* Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) - artist
Honoré Daumier was eight years old when his father, a glazier and frame maker who had decided to pursue his poetic talents in Paris, sent for the wife and three sons he lad left behind in Marseilles. In Paris Daumier studied drawing with Alexandre Lenoir (1761-1839) and at the Académie Suisse. Around 1825 he began a five-year apprenticeship with the publisher and lithographer Zépherin Belliard (1798-?). The July revolution of 1830, which established Louis-Philippe as the constitutional monarch in France, coincided with Daumier's creation of satirical lithographs aimed at this new government. That same year he joined La Caricature, a political journal founded by the republican artist-publisher, Charles Philipon (1802-1862). Daumier's antimonarchist and liberal subjects that were printed in this paper eventually cost the journal censorship and the artist six months in jail (31 August 1832 to 14 February 1833) plus a 300-franc fine. His prison sentence did not deter him from producing political statements and, in fact, only fueled his rage. The subjects of his lithographs became much more aggressive. In 1835 he worked for Philipon's second publication, Le Charivari, a humorous political newspaper that published Daumier's satirical caricature until it, too, suffered censorship under the new government. Although Daumier may be best known for his graphic art, he was also a sculptor and a prolific painter. Sculpture became another medium to produce his infamous caricatures. His friend, Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and editor of La Caricature, saw in these works the force of Michelangelo. In 1834 Daumier began experimenting with painting, both in oil and watercolor. Apart from his Salon entries of 1849 and 1850, his paintings, which totaled over three hundred, were painted primarily for his own pleasure and virtually unknown to the public until after his death in 1879.
* Aubert - publisher
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measurements: Sheet: 34.2 x 26.7 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Image: 23.9 x 20 cm (9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
state of the work: III/IV
edition of the work:
support materials:
description: cream wove paper
watermarks:
inscriptions:
inscription: Upper margin, in pencil: L.D. 948 III/IV ;
lower margin, printed: Chez Bauger, R. du Croissant, 16 / Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. ; in pencil: Leg
translation:
remark:
inscription: Above image, printed: HISTOIRE ANCIENNE. 24 ;
below image, printed: "L'ABANDON D'ARIANE. / Prés de sa treille sur la rive, / Elle se disait en ce jour: / Pour me consoler de l'amour / Il est temps que Bacchus arrive. / Poësies du coeur par Melle Fl...."
translation:
remark:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
opening date: 1968-06-11T04:00:00
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968).
title: Graphic Humor
opening date: 1982-06-01T04:00:00
Graphic Humor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-August 29, 1982).
title: Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator
opening date: 1985-05-28T04:00:00
Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Leona E. Prasse, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1966
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH
date: 1966-
footnotes:
citations:
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fun fact:
digital description:
This print was first published in Le Charivari (September 4, 1842) as plate 24 from the series Ancient History.
wall description:
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RELATED WORKS
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Ancient History: The Abandonment of Ariadne, 1842. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Aubert. Lithograph; sheet: 34.3 x 26.7 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.); image: 23.9 x 20 cm (9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1032
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IMAGES
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