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HONORÉ DAUMIER (MARSEILLE 1808-1879 VALMONDOIS)
Lot 90

HONORÉ DAUMIER (MARSEILLE 1808-1879 VALMONDOIS)

Study female nude, seated, one leg raised, and a head study of a man, his mouth open (recto); Head study of a man, seen from above (verso)

Closed4 July 2023

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HONORÉ DAUMIER (MARSEILLE 1808-1879 VALMONDOIS)
Study female nude, seated, one leg raised, and a head study of a man, his mouth open (recto); Head study of a man, seen from above (verso)
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash (recto); black chalk, grey wash (verso)
5 x 9.5 cm (2 x 3 3/4 in.)

Maurice Dussaussay, Paris.
Jean Diéterle, Paris.
with Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London (Nineteenth Century Drawings, 1995, no. 14, ill.)
Colin Clark, London.

Specialist note

This study sheet is typical of the small scale drawings of Daumier. The nude study at left can be compared to three other sketches in private collections (Maison, op. cit., nos. 198, 199, 199a, ill.).