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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.187
People
Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title
Study of a Man's Head for "The Organ Grinder"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Tête d'homme
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1860
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370188

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon, gray wash, watercolor, and opaque white watercolor on off-white laid paper, mounted to board
Dimensions
12.7 × 15.2 cm (5 × 6 in.)
mount: 25.6 × 27.5 cm (10 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, top half, stenciled, black: 645NY
  • label: verso of mount, top half, in the shape of a palette: DORURE & ENCADREMENTS / CH. DOSBOURG / 97, Rue de Courcelles / PARIS / 424
  • inscription: lower left: h.D
  • label: verso of mount, upper left of frame, round, ballpoint: 163-5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. V. Trachtenberg, New York. Boris Solotareff (1889-1966), New York. [1] Sold [through Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 9, 1965, lot 78]; to Perman. [Spencer A. Samuels & Company, LTD, New York], sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, 1967

Notes
[1] According to Maison the drawing passed through a sale in Paris on June 14, 1966 in Paris at Palais Galleria as lot 6. However, the drawing's dimensions and the reproduction in the catalogue do not match this work. Maison and the catalogue are the only places we have found the drawing to list Louis Lemaire and Lefevre Gallery and it is likely an error

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.187
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Important Impressionist and Modern Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture, auct. cat., Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd. (London, July 9, 1965), p. 44, lot 78
  • The Intimate Notation: European Drawings and Watercolors, XVIth-XX Century, exh. cat., Spencer A. Samuels & Co., LTD (New York, 1967), p. 25, cat. no. 7, repr.
  • Karl E. Maison, Honoré Daumier: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, New York Graphic Society, Ltd (New York, NY, 1968), Vol. II, p. 26, cat. no 6, repr. plate 1
  • Dieter Noack, The Daumier Register (online, 1999), no. 10006, http://www.daumier-register.org/werkview.php?key=10006, accessed May 5, 2021

Exhibition History

  • The Intimate Notation: European Drawings and Watercolors, XVIth-XX Century, Spencer A. Samuels & Co., LTD, 10/01/1967 - 11/01/1967

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