Honoré Daumier
Recto: Le fumeur et le lecteur; Verso: Study of a lawyer carried away by his plea , 1850 (Executed)
Lot #241 |
2026-01-30 |
Sotheby's, New York
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
USD 10,000 - 15,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N12025
Auction name: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2026-01-30
End date: 2026-02-04
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Marseille Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 122 by 198 mm; 4â…ž by 7â…ž in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
12.383
Width In Centimeters:
20.003
Height In Inches:
4.875
Width In Inches:
7.875
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Year notes: Executed between 1850 and 1929.
Provenance
Paul Gallimard (1850-1929), Paris; with Brame, Paris; Mr. Edwin C. Vogel, New York, sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 17 October 1973, lot 16; with Harriet Griffin Gallery, New York; with Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York; Private Collection, USA
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie L. & P. Rosenberg Fils, Exposition de dessins, aquarelles et lithographies de H. Daumier , 1907, no. 19 (Collection de M. Gallimard); London, Tate Gallery, Daumier: Paintings and Drawings , 1961, no. 124
Literature
K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier, Catalogue Raisonné , London 1968, vol. II, p. 107, no. 317, pl. 88, reproduced Catalogue note The presence of a study on the verso of the present work seems to have previously gone unremarked. The figure depicted appears to be a lawyer carried away by his plea, arms aloft, eyes wide and mouth open in animated speech. Daumier became a regular visitor to the Palais de Justice in Paris in the 1830s, treating the subject of lawyers at work in numerous such studies.
Catalog summary
Honoré Daumier (Marseille 1808 - 1879 Valmondois) Recto: Le fumeur et le lecteur Verso: Study of a lawyer carried away by his plea Pen and black ink, over charcoal ( recto and verso ) 122 by 198 mm; 4⅞ by 7⅞ in. Provenance Paul Gallimard (1850-1929), Paris; with Brame, Paris; Mr. Edwin C. Vogel, New York, sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 17 October 1973, lot 16; with Harriet Griffin Gallery, New York; with Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York; Private Collection, USA Exhibited Paris, Galerie L. & P. Rosenberg Fils, Exposition de dessins, aquarelles et lithographies de H. Daumier , 1907, no. 19 (Collection de M. Gallimard); London, Tate Gallery, Daumier: Paintings and Drawings , 1961, no. 124 Literature K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier, Catalogue Raisonné , London 1968, vol. II, p. 107, no. 317, pl. 88, reproduced Catalogue note The presence of a study on the verso of the present work seems to have previously gone unremarked. The figure depicted appears to be a lawyer carried away by his plea, arms aloft, eyes wide and mouth open in animated speech. Daumier became a regular visitor to the Palais de Justice in Paris in the 1830s, treating the subject of lawyers at work in numerous such studies.