Honoré Victorin Daumier. 1808-1879.
These lithographic stones are some of the few original Daumier lithographic stones still in existence. This brings the total number of stones listed by The Daumier Register lists only 28 a very low number compared to the large production of almost 4000 lithographs. Most of the stones had been regularly erased after printing and were repeatedly re-used.
Provenance: The previous owner purchased this stone 20 years ago from a Dutch collector by the name of Robert Knol, who assembled a collection of lithographic stones from French and Belgian sources. Thence to public auction in Leiden, The Netherlands. Thence, the collection of Derek Allinson, Ph.D. and Jane Allinson, Ph.D.
Delteil, DR 1249.ii; HD 713. "- Ma bonne amie, puis-je entrer! ... as-tu fini de collaborer avec monsieur?......" (May I come in my dear, or are you still collaborating with Monsieur?). Lithographic stone. Published in Le Charivari 30.05.1844. Lithograph. 230x198 mm (9.06 x 7.8). Series: LES BAS- US, plate 29. Signature 'h.D.'; lower left 'Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse 29.'; lower right 'Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.'Stone Number 614. Stone size: 12 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 2 1/2. Weight 31 pounds.
Delteil, DR 1405.ii. HD 2233. - Allons bon!... voila les Grafignons qui viennent à six de Paris pour nous demander à dîner sans façon, et pas moyen de dire que nous n'y sommes pas!... ("Oh no, look, the Grafignons just arrived from Paris, all six of them, just in time for lunch, and there is no way to hide away from them and say we're not in!"). Lithographic stone. Published in Le Charivari 14.08.1845. Series: Pastorales. #18. Signature 'h.D.'; lower left 'Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse, 29.'; lower right 'Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.' Stone Number 789. Stone size: 13 x 10 1/2 x 2. Weight 25 pounds.
Delteil, DR 1548.ii; HD 925. Une idylle dans les blés. (An idyll in the wheat field.) Lithographic stone. Published in Le Charivari, 6.9.1847. Series: LES BONS BOURGEOIS, plate 72. Signed 'h.D.'; lower left 'Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse.'; lower right 'Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.' Stone number 1054. Stone size: 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 2 5/8. Weight 30 pounds.
Delteil app41, Hazard-Delteil 1990, DR 4022. Le Prédicateur. Je prèche à la cour.... sur l'avarice et le parjure....... j'ai un succès prodigieux...... le roi pleure et me serre les mains....... je reçois le chapeau du cardinal. Lithograph. 240 x 192 mm (9.45 x 7.56 inches). "The preacher. I preach at Court... on avarice and purgery... I have a prodigious success... the king cries and shakes my hands... I shall receivie the Cardinal's hat." Published in Le Charivari 08.08.1833. Series: L'IMAGINATION, Plate 13. Lower left 'L.de Benard, rue de l'Abbaye,No4'; lower right 'On s'abonne che'L'Imagination' to the lithographic stones, while Daumier was serving his prison term in Dr. Pinel's clinic. Image: 7.56 x 9.45. Stone size: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 1/4. Weight 30 pounds.
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