Harvard Art Museums > 2021.187: Study of a Man's Head for "The Organ Grinder" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study of a Man's Head for "The Organ Grinder" (Honoré-Victorin Daumier) , 2021.187,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/370188. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
