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| Title:: |
Sketched Head of a Man (Essai d'Eau-Forte) |
Year:: |
1872 |
| Artist: |
Daumier, Honoré |
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| Medium: |
etching |
Provenance: |
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| Period: |
French 19th Century |
School/Style: |
Caricature 18th-19th Century |
| Catalogs: |
Daumier Register 3955;
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Height(mm):
Width(mm):
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100
226
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| Price: |
$1,500.00 |
| Description: |
The sketch, which occupies only one-sixth of the plate, is Daumier's only etching. The remainder of the plate comprises a landscape by Harpignies, two female head studies by Felicien Rops, and a genre scene of a couple at the piano by Taiée. The lower left sixth is blank except for the names of Daumier and Harpignies. The plate was created on May 29, 1872 at a party at the home of Bériot. A copper plate was provided and everyone invited to draw a sketch on it. The plate was published in 1878 in Champfleury's book on Daumier, but other impressions were taken. A fine impression with plate tone on laid paper with full margins, the edges of the sheet slightly browned in places. |
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