You Surely Agree, Madame de Coffignon....(On a beau dire, Mme de Coffignon....)

Honoré Daumier

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). You Surely Agree, Madame de Coffignon....(On a beau dire, Mme de Coffignon....), July 8, 1856. Lithograph on newsprint, Image: 9 5/8 x 14 5/16 in. (24.5 x 36.3 cm) Image: 7 9/16 x 10 1/16 in. (19.2 x 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel, 1996.225.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

You Surely Agree, Madame de Coffignon....(On a beau dire, Mme de Coffignon....)

Date

July 8, 1856

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 9 5/8 x 14 5/16 in. (24.5 x 36.3 cm) Image: 7 9/16 x 10 1/16 in. (19.2 x 25.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed in the stone lower left: "h.D."

Inscriptions

Top center above image: "CROQUIS D'ÉTÉ."; top right: "2."; lower right in block: "941"; lower left below image: "maison Martinet, 146, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne."; lower right below images: "Lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre-Paris."; lower center below image: "- On a beau dire, Mme de Coffignon, même en costume de bain.... on reconnait toujours/une femme comme il faut..... ce ne sont pas des lorettes qui auraient notre tournure!...."

Credit Line

Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel

Accession Number

1996.225.7

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