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HONOR� DAUMIER CORBLEU CATHERINE LITHOGRAPH W COA

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

HONOR� DAUMIER (FRENCH, 1808�1879) ORIGINAL STONE LITHOGRAPH ON NEWSPRINT (NEWS SHEET EDITION) FROM THE CELEBRATED SATIRICAL SERIES ACTUALIT�S (PLATE 194), PUBLISHED IN LE CHARIVARI (SEPTEMBER 18, 1867); PRINTED BY LITH. DESTOUCHES AND PUBLISHED BY A. DE VRESSE, PARIS INITIALED "H.D." AND NUMBERED "50" IN THE STONE LOWER IMAGE; TITLED AND INSCRIBED WITH PRINTER/PUBLISHER DETAILS IN…

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HONOR� DAUMIER (FRENCH, 1808�1879)
ORIGINAL STONE LITHOGRAPH ON NEWSPRINT (NEWS SHEET EDITION)
FROM THE CELEBRATED SATIRICAL SERIES ACTUALIT�S (PLATE 194), PUBLISHED IN LE CHARIVARI (SEPTEMBER 18, 1867);
PRINTED BY LITH. DESTOUCHES AND PUBLISHED BY A. DE VRESSE, PARIS
INITIALED "H.D." AND NUMBERED "50" IN THE STONE LOWER IMAGE; TITLED AND INSCRIBED WITH PRINTER/PUBLISHER DETAILS IN THE LOWER MARGIN; PENCIL-ANNOTATED "18 SEPTEMBRE 67" LOWER RIGHT;
ACCOMPANIED BY A SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM RENAISSANCE FINE ARTS (UNIVERSITY HTS., OHIO), DATED JULY 2, 1974
10 X 8.75 IN AT SIGHT
16.75 X 15.25 IN FRAMED
HONOR� DAUMIER WAS A REVERED 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH CARICATURIST, PAINTER, AND SCULPTOR WHOSE FEROCIOUS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SATIRES CHRONICLED LIFE UNDER KING LOUIS-PHILIPPE AND THE SECOND EMPIRE. A MASTER OF THE LITHOGRAPHIC STONE, HE CONTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF WORKS TO SATIRICAL JOURNALS SUCH AS LE CHARIVARI AND LA CARICATURE, CEMENTING HIS REPUTATION AS ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST GRAPHIC ARTISTS.