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Honore Daumier French, 1808-1879 LAmateur dEstampes French, 1808-1879 L'Amateur d'Estampes Pencil and crayon over charcoal 14 5/16 x 11 1/2 inches (36.4 x 29.2 cm) Provenance: M. Claude Roger Marx, Paris, 1914 Bignou Gallery, New York Liebermann Riezler Paul Cassirer Gallery, Berlin Frau Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich Zinser Private Collection, Canada, 1960 Exhibited: (Possibly) Paris, Beaux-Arts, 1901, no. 265 London, Lefevre Gallery, 1922, no. 3 Berlin, Matthiesen, 1926, no. 126 Literature: Catalogue de la Vente Roger Marx, Paris, 1914, I no. 120 Erich Klossowski Honore Daumier, 375G Eduard Fuchs, Der Maler Daumier, 248B K. E. Maison, Honore Daumier, Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings Watercolours and Drawings, Vol II, p. 124, no. 365, pl. 115 This drawing is a sketch for the figure of the amateur who appears in three paintings by Daumier of the same title. One of the paintings is in the collection of the Musee du Petit Palais, Paris. Estate of Albert H. Gordon
Adhered along the verso edges to board. Matburn. Lightly toned. Few scattered spots of foxing. Horizontal center crease. Several tears and losses along the edges (one large repaired to at right center edge - 1 3/8 x 1/2"; tear with loss at lower right edge - 1 x 1/2"; small loss at upper left center edge; 5/8 x 1/2" loss at lower left center edge and a repaired 1 x 1" tear with 5/8 x 1/4" loss at lower left corner edge. Spots of glue and paper residue along the edges.