Les Mendiants - Daumier

This gravure is from Art Francais - Exposition d'Art decoratif ontemporain 1800 - 1885. Organisee par Madame la Cometesse Greffulhe, Presidente. Comes with copy of the original note from Grosvnor House signed by E. O"Connor dated 15/7/14. (July 15th, 1914)

No other copies listed in World Cat OCLC. Limited to 500 copies. Extremely rare.

Artist: Honore Daumier
Print Type: Gravure with strong Plate mark
Date: 1914
Publisher: Grosvenor House - London
Dimensions: 11 x 14" Image 10 x 7"
Provenance: Hill House
Notes & Literature: Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French: February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870. He earned a living throughout most of his life producing caricatures and cartoons of political figures and satirizing the behavior of his countrymen in newspapers and periodicals, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still known today. He was a republican democrat who attacked the bourgeoisie, the church, lawyers and the judiciary, politicians, and the monarchy. He was jailed for several months in 1832 after the publication of Gargantua, a particularly offensive and discourteous depiction of King Louis-Philippe. Daumier was also a serious painter, loosely associated with realism.

Condition Report: Fine. This was in a portfolio that was never opened so the print is in incredibly fine condition.

Subject References: Stock 158