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DAUMIER, Honoré

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône 1808 - Valmondois, Val-d'Oise 1879

Maker: Rudier, Alexis

Portrait d'un acteur

Portrait of an Actor

c. 1846-1850

bronze

bust

Dimensions (HxWxD): 18 34 x 18 14 x 12 12 in.

signed left shoulder, back: Daumier No. 1
[no foundry mark but provenance is Alexis Rudier]

Acc. No.: 1963.93.FA

Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, anonymous gift

Photo credit: Image courtesy Dallas Museum of Art

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Provenance

  • Alexis Rudier
  • 1960, New York, Wildenstein & Co.
  • 1963, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, anonymous gift

Bibliography

  • 1930 New York
    Corot-Daumier, New York, Museum of Modern Art, October 16-November 23, 1930, no. 149 (probably another bronze copy, lent by The Balzac Galleries, New York)
  • 1952 Gobin
    Maurice Gobin, Daumier Sculpteur, Genève, 1952, p. 58-59, ill.
  • 1969 Wasserman
    Jeanne L Wasserman, Daumier Sculpture: A Critical and Comparative Study, Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1960, p. 198-203, ill.
  • 1979 Lecomte
    Marcel Lecomte, Daumier Sculpteur, Paris, 1979, no. 65, ill.

Exhibitions

  • 1930 New York
    Corot-Daumier, New York, Museum of Modern Art, October 16-November 23, 1930, no. 149

Related works

  • Unbaked clay, acquired from Rudier c. 1959, New York, Wildenstein & Co. c. 1969, present whereabouts unknown.
    Later bronze edition by Valsuani.