Honoré Daumier
TĂŞte d'homme , 1855 (Executed)
Lot #280 |
2025-05-14 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 25,000 - 35,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11723
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-05-14
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Acquired By Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 8 ½ by 6 ¼ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
21.6
Width In Centimeters:
15.6
Height In Inches:
8.5
Width In Inches:
6.25
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Year notes: Executed in 1855.
Provenance
Gaston Alexandre Camentron, France Alphonse Kann, France Dikran Khan Kélékian, Paris and New York (acquired by 1920) American Art Association, New York, 30 January 1922, lot 95 (consigned by the above) Joseph Brummer, New York (acquired at the above sale) Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Provincetown, Massachusetts Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1959, lot 18 (consigned by the above) P. D. Christopoulos, London (acquired at the above sale) Sotheby & Co., London, 12 June 1963, lot 93 P. Pochin (acquired at the above sale) Private Collection, New York Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Palais de l'École des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Daumier , 1901, no. 465 The Arts Club of Chicago, Origins of Modern Art , 1941, no. 44 Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. , 1941, no. 40, illustrated London, Tate Gallery, Daumier: Paintings and Drawings: An Exhibition , 1961, no. 44
Literature
Arsène Alexandre, La Collection Kélékian , Paris, 1920, no. 25 Eric Klossowski, Honoré Daumier , Munich, 1923, no. 449, pl. 129, illustrated Eduard Fuchs, Der Maler Daumier , Munich, 1930, no. 14a, p. 46, pl. 14, illustrated Alfred M. Frankfurter, "341 Documents of Modern Art: The Chrysler Collection," Art News , January 1941, p. 10, illustrated K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Volume 1: The Paintings , London, 1968, no. I-97, p. 103, pl. 17, illustrated
Catalog summary
Property from an Important New York Collection Honoré Daumier 1808 - 1879 Tête d'homme indistinctly signed with the initials h.D. (lower left) oil on panel 8 ½ by 6 ¼ in. 21.6 by 15.6 cm. Executed circa 1855-58. Provenance Gaston Alexandre Camentron, France Alphonse Kann, France Dikran Khan Kélékian, Paris and New York (acquired by 1920) American Art Association, New York, 30 January 1922, lot 95 (consigned by the above) Joseph Brummer, New York (acquired at the above sale) Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Provincetown, Massachusetts Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1959, lot 18 (consigned by the above) P. D. Christopoulos, London (acquired at the above sale) Sotheby & Co., London, 12 June 1963, lot 93 P. Pochin (acquired at the above sale) Private Collection, New York Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited Paris, Palais de l'École des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Daumier , 1901, no. 465 The Arts Club of Chicago, Origins of Modern Art , 1941, no. 44 Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. , 1941, no. 40, illustrated London, Tate Gallery, Daumier: Paintings and Drawings: An Exhibition , 1961, no. 44 Literature Arsène Alexandre, La Collection Kélékian , Paris, 1920, no. 25 Eric Klossowski, Honoré Daumier , Munich, 1923, no. 449, pl. 129, illustrated Eduard Fuchs, Der Maler Daumier , Munich, 1930, no. 14a, p. 46, pl. 14, illustrated Alfred M. Frankfurter, "341 Documents of Modern Art: The Chrysler Collection," Art News , January 1941, p. 10, illustrated K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Volume 1: The Paintings , London, 1968, no. I-97, p. 103, pl. 17, illustrated