June 16, 2003 We received information about DR 3740 from Mr. Timothy Riggs, curator at the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, giving a new explanation to this lithograph. The original background information explained that the German states which [...]

(Abstract by PHILIPPE KAENEL from "Revue de l'Art" n° 137/2002-3, p.41-48) Ratapoil is Daumier's most emblematic and documented iconographical invention. It has been associated with many models reflecting the artist's visual culture. Yet one probable source has been ignored: the [...]