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Le Malade imaginaire
Details
HONORÉ-VICTORIN DAUMIER (MARSEILLE 1808-1879 VALMONDOIS)
Le Malade imaginaire
monogrammé ‘h.D’ (en bas à gauche)
pierre noire, lavis gris, deux bandes de papier ajoutées le long du bord supérieur
31,5 x 25,8 cm (12 3⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in.)
Le Malade imaginaire
monogrammé ‘h.D’ (en bas à gauche)
pierre noire, lavis gris, deux bandes de papier ajoutées le long du bord supérieur
31,5 x 25,8 cm (12 3⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in.)
Provenance
Sullivan (d'après Maison, op. cit.); sa vente, New York, 1937, lot 43 bis.
Vente anonyme; Christie’s New York, 12 novembre 1997, lot 204.
Vente anonyme; Christie’s New York, 12 novembre 1997, lot 204.
Literature
K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier. Catalogue raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Paris, 1968, II, n° 475, pl. 160.
Further Details
HONORÉ VICTORIN DAUMIER, LE MADALE IMAGINAIRE, BLACK CHALK, GREY WASH, TWO STRIPS OF PAPER ADDED ALONG THE UPPER MARGIN
Honoré Daumier freely interprets a scene from Molière's satirical play Le malade imaginaire (1673). Argan, the patient, receives a visit from Doctor Purgon, who lectures him smugly at his bedside. This vibrant study, executed in shades of grey, can be compared to a more accomplished watercolour of similar dimensions, albeit with a few differences. The work was probably destroyed during the Second World War and is known only from a reproduction in the catalogue raisonné (Maison, op. cit., no. 476, pl. 161). This theme is recurrent in Daumier's paintings and drawings, treated differently with a longitudinal composition, the patient lying in bed and the doctor ready to administer an enema using a clyster or taking his pulse (Le Malade imaginaire, oil on panel, Philadelphia Art Museum, inv. 1954-10-1).
Honoré Daumier freely interprets a scene from Molière's satirical play Le malade imaginaire (1673). Argan, the patient, receives a visit from Doctor Purgon, who lectures him smugly at his bedside. This vibrant study, executed in shades of grey, can be compared to a more accomplished watercolour of similar dimensions, albeit with a few differences. The work was probably destroyed during the Second World War and is known only from a reproduction in the catalogue raisonné (Maison, op. cit., no. 476, pl. 161). This theme is recurrent in Daumier's paintings and drawings, treated differently with a longitudinal composition, the patient lying in bed and the doctor ready to administer an enema using a clyster or taking his pulse (Le Malade imaginaire, oil on panel, Philadelphia Art Museum, inv. 1954-10-1).
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