Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the watercolor Intérieur d'un omnibus in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (Maison, no. 294).
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PROPERTY FROM A PARK AVENUE COLLECTION
HONORE DAUMIER (1808-1879)
Omnibus
Details
HONORE DAUMIER (1808-1879)
Omnibus
pen and black and brown inks, ink wash and charcoal on paper
11 x 14 ½ in. (27.7 x 37 cm.)
Omnibus
pen and black and brown inks, ink wash and charcoal on paper
11 x 14 ½ in. (27.7 x 37 cm.)
Provenance
Henri Célos, Paris (by 1901).
Maison Daumier, Valmondois.
Mme R. Hein, Paris.
Huguette Berès, Paris.
V. Berger (by 1982); sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 20 June 1985, lot 140.
Arnold and Anne Gumowitz, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1991, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Maison Daumier, Valmondois.
Mme R. Hein, Paris.
Huguette Berès, Paris.
V. Berger (by 1982); sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 20 June 1985, lot 140.
Arnold and Anne Gumowitz, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1991, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
E. Klossowski, Honoré Daumier, Munich, 1923, p. 110, no. 259.
L. Marotte and C. Martine, Honoré Daumier, Paris, 1924, no. 9 (illustrated).
E. Fuchs, ed., Der Maler Daumier, Munich, 1930, p. 222a (illustrated).
K.E. Maison, Daumier Drawings, New York, 1960, p. 20, no. 47 (illustrated).
K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, London, 1967, vol. II, p. 97, no. 291 (illustrated, pl. 76; with incorrect dimensions).
L. Marotte and C. Martine, Honoré Daumier, Paris, 1924, no. 9 (illustrated).
E. Fuchs, ed., Der Maler Daumier, Munich, 1930, p. 222a (illustrated).
K.E. Maison, Daumier Drawings, New York, 1960, p. 20, no. 47 (illustrated).
K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, London, 1967, vol. II, p. 97, no. 291 (illustrated, pl. 76; with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Peintures et dessins de H. Daumier, 1878, p. 65, no. 133.
Paris, Palais de L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Daumier, May 1901, no. 178 (with incorrect dimensions).
Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo, Honoré Daumier et Gavarni, May-July 1923, p. 7, no. 79.
National Museum of Tokyo and Municipal Museum of Kyoto, Exposition d'Art Français, 1840-1950, November 1961-March 1962, p. 62, no. 10 (illustrated, p. 139; titled Le wagon de troisième classe).
Paris, Palais de L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Daumier, May 1901, no. 178 (with incorrect dimensions).
Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo, Honoré Daumier et Gavarni, May-July 1923, p. 7, no. 79.
National Museum of Tokyo and Municipal Museum of Kyoto, Exposition d'Art Français, 1840-1950, November 1961-March 1962, p. 62, no. 10 (illustrated, p. 139; titled Le wagon de troisième classe).
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