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Le Sculpteur (The Sculptor), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)

Christophe Huetca. 1743

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Plate from a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In an artist's studio setting, a figure of a monkey in gentleman's costume using a hammer and chisel to sculpt a portrait bust of a female monkey. At right, another monkey assists. Sculptor's tools, vase, pitcher, and bowl in foreground.

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  • Title: Le Sculpteur (The Sculptor), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)
  • Creator: Christophe Huet, French, 1700–1759, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard, French, 1719–ca. 1755
  • Date Created: ca. 1743
  • Location Created: Paris, France
  • Publisher: Charpentier, Paris, France
  • Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
  • Medium: Etching on paper
  • Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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