id: 166329 accession number: 2008.169 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.169 updated: 2022-05-14 09:03:18.601000 At the Café, c. 1905. Charles Huard (French, 1874-1965). Black crayon and black ink; sheet: 41.2 x 31.8 cm (16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.); image: 39.7 x 30.9 cm (15 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake 2008.169 title: At the Café title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1905 creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1910 current location: creditline: Gift of John Bonebrake copyright: --- culture: France, 20th century technique: black crayon and black ink department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, no. 15 --- CREATORS * Charles Huard (French, 1874-1965) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 41.2 x 31.8 cm (16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.); Image: 39.7 x 30.9 cm (15 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: lower right in pencil: "Huard" lower margin, in pencil: "Au Café. En France il n'y'a pas...pauvres (crossed out) il y a certainement de gens disposant d'un bien minime capital, mais il n'y a de pauvres." English translation: "At the Cafe. In France there are no poor people. There are people with limited means, but there are no poor people." Verso, in blue crayon: "Les amateurs" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation opening date: 2011-10-02T00:00:00 A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 2, 2011-January 29, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Caricature was popular by 1830 and copious lithographs, often published in newspapers or journals, lampooned politics and society. Huard, a printmaker and illustrator, made drawings that were reproduced in humor magazines. At the Café was probably meant for a satircal publication because the scene of two bourgeois businessmen bears this inscription: In France there are no poor people. There certainly are people with limited means but there are no poor people. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES