Lot 3
  • 3

Honoré Daumier

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Honoré Daumier
  • Etude de personnages and Etude pour le Marché: A double sided drawing
  • Pencil and brush and wash on paper
  • 8 7/8 by 10 in.
  • 22.5 by 25.4 cm

Provenance

Galerie Zak, Paris
Mr. A. Conger Goodyear, New York (acquired directly from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Pencil and brush and wash on paper. Pinholes visible at all four corners. Surface in generally good condition, aside from mat and light stain on both recto and verso. Recto: A few minor sports of foxing visible. Two stray white spots visible, possibly from previous repair.
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Catalogue Note

An avid collector of late 19th and 20th century American and European art, A. Conger Goodyear is best known as a founder and the first president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.