Patience is the virtue of asses
Series TitleProverbes et maximes
Original Language TitleLa patience est la vertu des ânes
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Printer
Aubert & Co.
(French)
Publisher
Chez Bauger
(French)
Date1862
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.93 × 24.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.302
SignedInitialed on original image recto, lower left, in black pencil: "hD";
On sheet recto, bottom, in black type: "Chez Bauger. R du Croissant 16.", "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie."
InscribedTitled on sheet recto, top, in black type: "Proverbes et Maximes";
Captioned on sheet recto, bottom, in black type: "La patience est la vertu des ânes." [Translation: Patience is the virtue of asses.]
MarkingsOn sheet recto, upper right, in black type: "No.3";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "iEE".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionIllustration published in Le Charivari of two men wearing top hats standing beside a camera labeled "Daguerreotype". The camera rests on a tripod and looks out over a city. The man on the left holds a pocket watch in his hand while the man on the right stands with his arms crossed and a his brow furrowed.ProvenanceGérard Lévy (1934-2016), Paris, France;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Gérard Lévy, Photographies de Collection II, Millon, Paris, June 16, 2017, lot 14 by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA, 2017;
Purchased from him by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Gérard Lévy, Photographies de Collection II, Millon, Paris, June 16, 2017, lot 14 by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA, 2017;
Purchased from him by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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Honoré Daumier
1847
2017.68.299
