Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
DateAugust 18, 1857
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsUnframed: 10 7/8 × 14 1/8 in. (27.6 × 35.9 cm)
Other (Image): 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 in. (20.6 × 27.3 cm)
Other (Image with text): 9 1/4 × 11 3/8 in. (23.5 × 28.9 cm)
ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase
Object number2019.2.2
DescriptionA man in a top hat stands beside a woman with a hoop skirt but one of the rings of her skirt has broken and lifts her skirt up.Text on Image:
CROQUIS PARISIENS - 38
Inconvénient des jupons à ressort en acier, quand ce ressort vient à se casser.
English translation:
Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks.
Status
Not on view