DANSE CHINOISE. On se trompe grandement quand on croit le peuple Chinois léger, joyeux et ami du plaisir: il est au contraire grave et morose, car son plus grand divertissement consiste dans une sorte de promenade lugubre où les hommes et les femmes march

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DANSE CHINOISE. On se trompe grandement quand on croit le peuple Chinois léger, joyeux et ami du plaisir: il est au contraire grave et morose, car son plus grand divertissement consiste dans une sorte de promenade lugubre où les hommes et les femmes march

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ARTIST: Honore Daumier
PUBLISHER: "Album Comique - Vayage En Chine" from Le Charivari,
MEDIUM: Lithograph
DATE: 1844
EDITION SIZE: Image Size 9 x 7 1/4" (228 x 184mm).
DESCRIPTION: Translation: CHINESE DANCE. It's a mistake to believe that the Chinese are a happy, joyful people. On the contrary, they are serious and morose, because their greatest diversion consists of a mournful promenade in which the man and the woman are marching one in front of the other or besides each other, and they seem to say to each other: Brother, we all have to die one day. Underlining the philosophical intention, the counterpart can be found in their dances, which they call : Quadrille.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Glued down, water stained, trimmed, (as is).
REFERENCE: DR # 1197, Stone # 604, Plate # 9
CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects