HONORÉ DAUMIER (1808-1879)
Étude pour 'Joueurs de Domino' (Les trois joueurs)
brush, pen and India ink, wash and pencil on paper
5.3 x 8.4cm (2 1/16 x 3 5/16in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Henri Rouart Collection, Paris; his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22 April 1913, lot 209.
Böhler Collection, Lucerne (acquired by 1930).
S. Dreyfus Collection, New York (acquired by 1968).
Private collection, Connecticut; their estate sale, Doyle, New York, 12 May 2021, lot 1.
Private collection, London (acquired at the above sale).

Literature
E. Klossowski, Honoré Daumier, Munich, 1923, no. 352A.
K.E. Maison, Honoré Daumier, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Vol. II, The Watercolours and Drawings, London, 1968, no. 323 (illustrated pl. 92).

The sheet is attached to the mount at all four corners (verso).



There are one or two tiny spots of foxing and surface dirt visible. The sheet has darkened slightly and some of the pigments appear to have faded.



In our opinion, this work is in overall excellent condition.