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A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso)

A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso) — Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier · A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso) · ca. 1865 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain / CC0.
A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso) — Honoré Daumier

Recorded by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as Honoré Daumier.

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  • AttributionHonoré Daumier — other records naming Honoré Daumier
  • Dateca. 1865
  • ClassificationDrawings
  • MediumWatercolor over black chalk, with pen and ink, brush and wash, and lithographic crayon. Verso: pen and brown ink, black gray wash, and lithographic crayon
  • DepartmentDrawings and Prints
  • Held byThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Honoré Daumier · A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso) · ca. 1865 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain / CC0.

Source read 2026-09-20 · Published 2026-09-20

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