Lot Essay
This study sheet is typical of the small scale drawings of Daumier. The nude study at left can be compared to three other sketches in private collections (Maison, op. cit., nos. 198, 199, 199a, ill.).
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Study female nude, seated, one leg raised, and a head study of a man, his mouth open (recto); Head study of a man, seen from above (verso)
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HONORÉ DAUMIER (MARSEILLE 1808-1879 VALMONDOIS)
Study female nude, seated, one leg raised, and a head study of a man, his mouth open (recto); Head study of a man, seen from above (verso)
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash (recto); black chalk, grey wash (verso)
5 x 9.5 cm (2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Study female nude, seated, one leg raised, and a head study of a man, his mouth open (recto); Head study of a man, seen from above (verso)
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash (recto); black chalk, grey wash (verso)
5 x 9.5 cm (2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Maurice Dussaussay, Paris.
Jean Diéterle, Paris.
with Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London (Nineteenth Century Drawings, 1995, no. 14, ill.)
Colin Clark, London.
Jean Diéterle, Paris.
with Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London (Nineteenth Century Drawings, 1995, no. 14, ill.)
Colin Clark, London.
Literature
K. E. Maison, Honoré Daumier. Catalogue raisonné of the Paintings, Drawings and watercolours, London, 1968, II, no. 176, pl. 36.
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