Delessert
Details
Honore Daumier (1808-1879)
Delessert
stamped with foundry mark 'MLG BRONZE' (on the back); numbered '15/25' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.)
Conceived circa 1830-1835; this bronze version cast in 1929-1952
Delessert
stamped with foundry mark 'MLG BRONZE' (on the back); numbered '15/25' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.)
Conceived circa 1830-1835; this bronze version cast in 1929-1952
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, May 1961.
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, May 1961.
Literature
M. Gobin, Daumier sculpteur, Avec un catalogue raisonné et
illustré de l'oeuvre sculpté, Geneva, 1952, no. 2.
J.L. Wasserman, Daumier Sculpture, A Critical and Comparative Study, Cambridge, 1969, pp. 60-62 (unbaked clay version illustrated, p. 60; another cast illustrated, p. 61).
illustré de l'oeuvre sculpté, Geneva, 1952, no. 2.
J.L. Wasserman, Daumier Sculpture, A Critical and Comparative Study, Cambridge, 1969, pp. 60-62 (unbaked clay version illustrated, p. 60; another cast illustrated, p. 61).
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Please note the casting information:
Conceived circa 1830-1835; this bronze version cast in 1929-1952
Conceived circa 1830-1835; this bronze version cast in 1929-1952