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Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!...

Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!... is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Honoré Daumier. It dates from 1840 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!
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- Inscribed:lower left plate: h.D.; across top, printed: ÉMOTIONS PARISIENNES. / No. 35; across bottom, printed: Chez Bauger & Cie. R. du Croissant, 16. Chez Aubert gal Véro-Dodat. Imp d'Aubert & Cie. / Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!......; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: $600 / MS-93-20-RGE-GE; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D. 719, V/VI $600-
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Overview
Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!... is a 1840 lithograph on wove paper by Honoré Daumier, a prolific French caricaturist and printmaker.
Subject & Meaning
The lithograph depicts a man destroying a framed painting with a hammer, suggesting a rejection of his own work. The painting shows a small, serious figure, and the word 'refuse' is written on it, implying a commentary on artistic rejection or censorship.
Technique & Style
The work is a lithograph, a printmaking technique that allows for mass production. Daumier's use of lithography enabled wide circulation of his satirical commentary on French politics and society.
Context
Created during a period of shifting French regimes, the lithograph reflects Daumier's engagement with contemporary politics as a republican democrat. It was part of his output for satirical publications like La Caricature and Le Charivari.
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Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French: ; 26 February 1808 – 10 or 11 February 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the…


















