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Honoré Daumier
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Honoré Daumier
- Au coin du feu
- pencil over charcoal and estompe on paper
- 23.8 by 29.8cm., 9 3/8 by 11 3/4 in.
Provenance
M. Lemaire, Paris (a friend of the artist)
L. H. Lefevre Gallery, London
Claude Roger-Marx, Paris (purchased from the above in 1927; sold after 1945)
Private Collection, France
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2001
L. H. Lefevre Gallery, London
Claude Roger-Marx, Paris (purchased from the above in 1927; sold after 1945)
Private Collection, France
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2001
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Barbazanges, Daumier, 1921
London, L. H. Lefevre Gallery. Drawings by H. Daumier (from the Lemaire Collection, Paris), 1922, no. 33
Paris, Galerie L. Dru, Aquarelles et dessins de Daumier (1808-1879), 1927, no. 46
London, L. H. Lefevre Gallery. Drawings by H. Daumier (from the Lemaire Collection, Paris), 1922, no. 33
Paris, Galerie L. Dru, Aquarelles et dessins de Daumier (1808-1879), 1927, no. 46
Literature
Erich Klossowski, Honoré Daumier, Munich, 1923, no. 247A
Karl-Eric Maison, Honoré Daumier, Catalogue raisonné of the paintings, watercolours and drawings, London, 1967, vol. II, no. 321, illustrated pl. 91
Daumier Drawings (exhibition catalogue), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992, mentioned p. 152 (incorrectly referred to as Maison no. 322)
Karl-Eric Maison, Honoré Daumier, Catalogue raisonné of the paintings, watercolours and drawings, London, 1967, vol. II, no. 321, illustrated pl. 91
Daumier Drawings (exhibition catalogue), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992, mentioned p. 152 (incorrectly referred to as Maison no. 322)
Condition
Executed on cream colored laid paper. Sheet is glued to a board around extreme perimeter. Faint perimeter staining likely from glue. Small loss to extreme lower left corner and pindot repairs at center of top and bottom edges. A few other repaired tears to extreme perimeter. Sheet is time darkened overall. In fairly good condition.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."