Le guittariste-amateur

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1840
Technique / Medium:
lithograph printed in black

Additional titles

The amateur guitarist

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1935.202]21 x 22 cm; sheet: 34.2 x 26.1 cm

Description

Caricature of a singer playing guitar. English translation of caption: 'Defying everyone’s yawns, As he sings his puny verse, He would sing a parlor-song, On the ruins of the universe…' Plate 4 from Monomanes.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (6 strings)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

81