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Narguant le baillement immense
Qu’il provoque en chantant ses vers,
Il chanterait une romance,
Sur les débris de l’univers...
(THE AMATEUR GUITARIST
Despite the yawns he provokes
In singing his verse,
He would sing a lovesong,
On the ruins of the universe...)
LE GUITTARISTE-AMATEUR
Narguant le baillement immense
Qu’il provoque en chantant ses vers,
Il chanterait une romance,
Sur les débris de l’univers...
(THE AMATEUR GUITARIST
Despite the yawns he provokes
In singing his verse,
He would sing a lovesong,
On the ruins of the universe...)
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French 1808–1879)
Portfolio/SeriesNo. 4 from Monomanes (Monomaniacs),
Date1840
MediumLithograph, 2nd of 2 states
DimensionsSheet: 14 x 10 7/8 in. (35.6 x 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGiven in memory of Belle and Egon Gartenberg by their children, Valerie Gartenberg Bryant, Vicki Gartenberg Ginsburg, and Andrew Gartenberg
Object number2021.28.2
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameLithograph
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureWestern European
NationalityFrench
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedin plate bottom left: h. D.
Inscribedbottom center: [illegible] P.O. 881
Published ReferencesMusical Notes catalogue no. 4, ill. p. 19