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Honoré Daumier 1808-1879
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Honoré Daumier
- TÊTE D'HOMME (TÊTE D'INSURGÉ)
- signed with the initials h.D. (upper right)
- oil on card laid down on canvas
- 5 3/8 by 4 5/8 in.
- 13.9 by 11.9 cm
- Painted circa 1848.
Provenance
Anonymous gift to the present owner, 1938
Literature
Blake-More Godwin, European Paintings in the Toledo Museum, Toledo, 1939, illustrated p. 175
Condition
card laid on canvas, surface moderately soiled, under UV light touches of inpainting to hair and neck, possible inpainting to cheek and to left of eye in ground, masking varnish
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement of the Catalogue raisonné of the work by Daumier now in preparation by the Comité Honoré Daumier. The present work is closely related to the head of a boy depicted in La Famille sur la Barricade (see K. E. Maison, Honoré Daumier, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol I, New York, 1968, #II-18, plate 185, and Edward Fuchs, Der Maler Daumier, Munich, 1930, p. 92)