Honoré DAUMIER
The incomparable sleepwalker. What am I touching in this moment? A small object of everyday use which I am not quite able to identify.
(L'incomparable somnambule. Qu'est-ce que je touche en ce moment?... Un petit objet de l'usage dont auquel je ne peux pas bien me rendre le compte!... )
(1865)
plate from the Croquis (Sketches) series

Medium
gillotype on brown paper

Measurements
14.3 × 24.4 cm irreg. (image) 16.6 × 24.4 cm irreg. (image and comp.) 31.8 × 20.4 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1930

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 3379 iii/iv

Edition
3rd of 4 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l: h.D.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l: 27.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: GILLOT SC

Accession Number
4335-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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