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Auction archive: Lot number 313

French School, 19th Century Three Hand-colored Prints from La Caricature , No. 53, 55French School, 19th Century Three Hand-colored Prints from La Caricature , No. 53, 55

Discovery Auction
17 Apr 2013
Estimate
US$200 - US$400
Price realised:
US$92
Auction archive: Lot number 313

French School, 19th Century Three Hand-colored Prints from La Caricature , No. 53, 55French School, 19th Century Three Hand-colored Prints from La Caricature , No. 53, 55

Discovery Auction
17 Apr 2013
Estimate
US$200 - US$400
Price realised:
US$92
Beschreibung:

French School, 19th Century Three Hand-colored Prints from La Caricature, No. 53, 55, and 57 Two signed in the plate "J.J. Grandville/E. Forest" l.l. Lithographs on paper, sizes to 14 5/16 x 21 5/8 in., unmatted, unframed. Condition: Each with vertical crease to center, toning, soiling, mild staining, and wear to the edges. N.B.In a blog post from the Princeton University Library, Julie L. Mellby wrote, "Following the July revolution of 1830, the citizen-king Louis-Philippe took over the French throne. Artist Charles Philipon (1800-1862) took advantage of a relaxation in censorship laws to establish La Caricature, a journal of politics and art. Through 251 issues—four pages with two or three lithographs in each—over five years from 1830 to 1835, La Caricature become the most famous of all the nineteenth-century satirical magazines." Honore Daumier and J.J. Grandville were principal contributors. (http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2009/02/charles_philipons_la_caricatur.html, referenced 5/23/12)

Auction archive: Lot number 313
Auction:
Datum:
17 Apr 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

French School, 19th Century Three Hand-colored Prints from La Caricature, No. 53, 55, and 57 Two signed in the plate "J.J. Grandville/E. Forest" l.l. Lithographs on paper, sizes to 14 5/16 x 21 5/8 in., unmatted, unframed. Condition: Each with vertical crease to center, toning, soiling, mild staining, and wear to the edges. N.B.In a blog post from the Princeton University Library, Julie L. Mellby wrote, "Following the July revolution of 1830, the citizen-king Louis-Philippe took over the French throne. Artist Charles Philipon (1800-1862) took advantage of a relaxation in censorship laws to establish La Caricature, a journal of politics and art. Through 251 issues—four pages with two or three lithographs in each—over five years from 1830 to 1835, La Caricature become the most famous of all the nineteenth-century satirical magazines." Honore Daumier and J.J. Grandville were principal contributors. (http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2009/02/charles_philipons_la_caricatur.html, referenced 5/23/12)

Auction archive: Lot number 313
Auction:
Datum:
17 Apr 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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