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

Honoré Daumier · 1808–1879

Maximum print size

24.4 × 30.7 cm · 9.6 × 12.1 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,879 × 3,624 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 24.4 × 30.7 cm · 9.6 × 12.1 in
Mat border, sides: 8.1 cm · 3.2 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 10.2 cm · 4.0 in

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Details

Date: ca. 1865
Medium: Watercolor over black chalk, with pen and ink, brush and wash, and lithographic crayon. Verso: pen and brown ink, black gray wash, and lithographic crayon
Type: Drawings
Size: 33.8 × 27.0 cm · 13.3 × 10.6 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Gardens, Men, Reading
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗