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Profile of an Old Man (Essai d’eau forte)

ca. 1870
19th century
100 x 225 mm (3.9 x 8.9 in.)

Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on Japan paper

State: Only state

Print impression quality: Good

Edition: This is the only known etching by Daumier. “At an evening gathering at the house of Charles de Bériot one of the guests produced a copper plate soliciting each of the artists present to contribute a sketch: Daumier (upper left), Harpignies, Rops, and Taiée. The etching was published for the first time by Champfleury at the head of his ‘Catalogue de L’OEUVRE LITHOGRAPHIÉ ET GRAVÉ DE DAUMIER’ (1878)” (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Honoré Daumier Anniversary Exhibition, 1958, no. 158).

Marks: Signed in plate below image, lower left: “DAUMIER”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Alfred Beurdeley (Lugt 421)

Bibliography: Loys Delteil 3955; Daumier Anniversary exhibition catalog (Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1958), cat. no. 158.

Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1964

Accession Number: 1964.44.1

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male portraits, portraits*

male portraits
portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m

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plate Dimensions: 100 x 225 mm (3.9 x 8.9 in.)

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Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879) . Profile of an Old Man (Essai d’eau forte), ca. 1870. Etching on Japan paper. Only state. plate : 100 x 225 mm (3.9 x 8.9 in.). DAC accession number 1964.44.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1964. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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