Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer-lithographer
delpech, françois seraphin (orléans, 1778 - 1825), printer
other title: administrative morals (series title)
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: vellum paper, watercolor, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 26cm
width: 34. 9cm
dimensions - image:
height: 16. 5cm
width: 17. 3cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
title of the work - above the image: administrative morals
legend - under the image: one hour. / visits. Lunch digests, dinner invitations
inscription concerning the author - under the lower left image: henry monnier
registration concerning the test - under the lower right image: i. Lith de delpech
iconographic description:
in an office, employees sit and eat or finish lunch. In the foreground, a standing man holds a tray supporting a carafe and a glass, his wife and child follow him. On the right of the image, a seated woman converses with an employee. Other employees sit with their arms dangling and digest their meals. Actor, playwright and designer, henry monnier helped illustrate la comédie humaine. His engravings of administrative morals, and especially his play scenes from bureaucratic life, clearly inspired balzac for his novel la femme supérieure, renamed les employés. That the rat is in the theater: something naive, candid, a being blinded by illusions, where would we go? [excerpt from the employees or the superior woman, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, office worker, family, meals
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 30. Date: Unknown.
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