Preview
Creation Date
January 5, 1864
Geography
France
Culture
French
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
With frame: 16 11/16 × 18 11/16 × 13/16 in (42.3 × 47.4 × 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.92
Provenance
Purchased by the parents of Sarah Blick in Paris, probably from one of the stalls lining the Seine, in the mid-1950s.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Beneath image, lower left: "Mon Martinet Paris," lower right "lith Destouches Paris"
Lower margin, center: "Le coin des politiques"
[additional words from the reverse, currently covered by the back of the frame, have made an impression on this side in the lower left margin, but are mostly illegible, save for "[?]LAT-MENIER" and, beneath it, "Marno, près Paris."]
Gold sticker on back of frame, lower center: "packard / gallery / 933 WEST EXCHANGE STREET / AKRON, OHIO 43022"
Creator Biography
Honoré Daumier, French, 1808–1879 (artist).
Martinet, French, 1824–? (publisher).
Destouches, French, 1855–1869 (fl.) (lithographer).
Description
A crowded bar is filled with elderly gentlemen sitting around a table, smoking and drinking beer. The image is captioned with "Le coin des politiques," translating roughly to "The political corner." An authentic Honoré Daumier, you can see the newsprint that comes through from the reverse side of the sheet.
This lithograph is one of four from the series A La Brasserie or At The Brewery printed by publisher Martinet (or Martinet-Hautecoeur) at 172 r. Rivoli et 41 r. Viviennee and lithographic printer Destouches at r. Paradis Pre. Published in the Paris illustrated magazine, Le Charivari, the magazine, like Daumier, had shifted from political cartoons to social satires after censorship laws went into effect.
For more information:
Delteil, Loÿs, and Nicolas Auguste Hazard. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier. Orrouy: N.-A. Hazard, 1904.
For information on this specific print, see section titled "576. I. — Le coin des politiques." under the "A La Brasserie" section, 143.