Honoré Victorin Daumier. 1808-1879.
LE VÉRITABLE LUTTEUR MASQUÉ.
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LE VÉRITABLE HOMME MASQUÉ.
THE REAL MASKED FIGHTER.
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THE REAL MASKED MAN.
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3604.iii/iii (with letters). 9 7/8 x 8 1/2 (sheet 11 9/16 x 11 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 238. Published in Le Charivari November 9, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,r.Paradis.Pre.28 Four paper folds; unobtrusive foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.
In 1867 in Paris at the sports arena in rue de Pelletier, a one of the fighters wore a mask. Daumier uses him to represent the unknown future conflict. The hourglass and the scythe represent time, which is has run out, and death.
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