Property from a NEW YORK ESTATE

Property from A NEW YORK ESTATE

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Property from a NEW YORK ESTATE

HONORE DAUMIER (1808-1879)

Le gourmet (Pataille)

stamped on the back 'M.L.G.'--numbered on the inside '3/25'--bronze with brown patina
Height: 6½in. (16.5cm.)
Original hand-painted clay version executed 1830-1835; this bronze version cast 1934-1948 by the Barbedienne Foundry, number three in an edition of 30 plus three later casts lettered LG, Mme H and C

Literature

M. Gobin, Daumier sculpteur, Geneva, 1952, no. 33 (terracotta version illustrated, p. 231)
J.L. Wasserman, Daumier Sculpture, A Critical and Comparative Study, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969, pp. 122-124, no. 25 (original clay version illustrated p. 122, no. 25a; another cast illustrated, p. 124, no. 25b)

Lot Essay

Alexandre-Simon Pataille (1781-1857) was the first president of the provincial court in Aix and a deputy to the National Assembly from Boucher-du-Rhône. As a magistrate he was known for his ability to argue with eloquence and irrefutable logic. Pataille appears in two lithographs, one of which is a portrait bust (Delteil no. 151) the artist probably drew from the original clay sculpture.