Antique Fine Art & Weaponry, Jan. 6th, 2024
Lot 368:
Honore Daumier (1808 -1879) Caisse D’epargne original engraving. Size: 15 1/2" x 13 1/4" framed, 10 1/4" x 8 1/4" without frame. Honor? Daumier’s career was one of the most unusual in the history of nineteenth-century art. Famous in his time as France’s best-known caricaturist, he remained unrecognized in his actual stature–as one of the period’s most profoundly original and wide-ranging realists. Even today, his essential quality may not be fully understood; the marvels of his pictorial inventions are half-hidden in the profusion of his enormous lithographic work, the sharp truths of his observation overshadowed by his comic genius and penchant for monumental stylization. Honor? Balzac’s remark, "There is a lot of Michelangelo in that fellow, " was perceptive, though probably made in a spirit of friendly condescension.~ . Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at [email protected]
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