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Plate 8, Le Lavement Rendu (The Enema Delivered), 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 8 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In an outdoor setting, three monkey figures in human costume. Following the delivery of an enema in 1921-6-319-9, a monkey at left sits upon a circular stand, excreting liquid diarrhea onto the ground. He rests his right foot on a pot of liquid at left and turns toward the viewer. At right, another monkey rushes with a blanket or towel. A third monkey squats on the ground with a concerned expression, facing right.

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  • Title: Plate 8, Le Lavement Rendu (The Enema Delivered), 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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