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Provenance

<p>Rune Swanstrom, Gothenburg, Sweden</p><p>M. Knoedler &amp; Co., New York (consigned by the above in January 1960)</p><p>Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago (acquired from the above in March 1960)</p><p>Acquired from the above on 19 April 1960 by the present owner</p>

Literature

<p>Eugène Bouvy, <em>Trente-six bustes de H. Daumier reproduits en phototype grandeur nature</em>, Paris, 1932, no. 22, illustration of the unbaked clay version</p><p>Charles Mourre, “Bustes et personnages,” <em>Arts et livres de Provence: Daumier</em>, 1948, p. 99</p><p>Maruice Gobin, <em>Daumier Sculpteur</em>, Geneva, 1952, no. 22, p. 209, illustration of the unbaked clay version; p. 334</p><p>Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Sagot-Le Garrec,<em> Daumier: Sculpteur, lithographe et dessinateur</em>, 1957, no. 22, illustrations of other casts</p><p>Exh. Cat., Metz, Salle de la mutualité, <em>200 Chefs d'oeuvre de Daumier</em>, 1957</p><p>Exh. Cat., Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, <em>Daumier, Le Peintre graveur</em>, 1958, no. 10</p><p>Jeanne L. Wasserman, <em>Daumier Sculpture, A Critical and Comparative Study</em>, Cambridge, 1969, no. 2, pp. 48-49, illustrations of the unbaked clay version (no. 2a) and another cast (no. 2b)</p>

Catalog summary

The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection After Honoré Daumier 1808 - 1879 Claude Baillot, dit ‘L'Infatué de soi stamped M.L.G. Bronze; numbered twice 12/25 (on the underside) bronze height: 6 ⅞ in. 15.2 cm. Conceived circa 1830-32; this example cast from 1929 by the Barbideienne foundry, Paris, at the direction of Maurice Le Garrec, in an edition of 25.