Live Auction 3784Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Honoré Daumier (1808-1879)
Lot 1059

Honoré Daumier (1808-1879)

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Closed13 November 2015

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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879)
Trois spéctateurs
gouache, watercolor and pen and black ink on paper
4 ½ x 6 5/8 in. (11.4 x 16.7 cm.)

Raphaël Gérard, Paris.
Georges Renand, Paris.
Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris (1963).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 4 July 1973, lot 213a.
Ian Woodner, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 1991, lot 101.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

“Daumier’s particular genius is evident in the stunning and disciplined clarity of his images. The artist never became mired in detail or narratives that required explanation, but instead concentrated on defining character through incisive description. Thus, true identities are revealed” (C. Ives, Daumier Drawings, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992, pg. 175).