Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)

Honoré Daumier was a French painter and printmaker best known for his caricatures critiquing and satirizing society and politics in 19th-century France. His two most famous characters were the bourgeois Robert Macaire and the evil Ratapoil, each depicted with grotesquely exaggerated features. Born on February 26, 1808 in Marseille, France, the artist went on study at the Académie Suisse followed by a stint working for the Belliard publishing house, where he first learned lithography. During the rule of Louis Phillipe, he was imprisoned for his infamous depiction of the king as Gargantua (the gluttonous giant in François Rabelais’ novel) in the magazine La Caricature. Charles Baudelaire once said of Daumier that he was, “one of the most important men, I will not say only of caricature, but also of Modern Art.” Daumier’s works are in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the National Gallery in London, and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, among others. Daumier died on February 10, 1879 in Valmondois, France.

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19th-Century European and British Art, Prints and Multiples, Sculpture

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Ratapoil, 1850–1851

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Ratapoil, 1850–1851

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Le Monsieur Qui Ricane (The Man Who..., 1850

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Le Monsieur Qui Ricane (The Man Who..., 1850

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9 sheets: Lithographs from various series

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9 sheets: Lithographs from various series

Sale Date: November 18, 2022

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Un repas d'hippophages, 1856-58, 1856–1858

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Un repas d'hippophages, 1856-58, 1856–1858

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Les Gens de Justice no 4 255/500, 1845

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Les Gens de Justice no 4 255/500, 1845

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Les Gens de justice: Les avocats et les..., 1851

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Les Gens de justice: Les avocats et les..., 1851

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Les Gens de Justice

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Les Gens de Justice

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Le Malade Imaginaire

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Le Malade Imaginaire

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Tête d'homme souriant, buste présumé de M, 1835–1838

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Tête d'homme souriant, buste présumé de M, 1835–1838

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Les Emigrants

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Les Emigrants

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Coquetterie

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Coquetterie

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice - Vue de , 1848

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Grand escalier du Palais de Justice - Vue de , 1848

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Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834, 1834

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Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834, 1834

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Le bourgeois qui flâne, 1846–1848

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Le bourgeois qui flâne, 1846–1848

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Un d é fenseur habile, 1855–1860

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Un d é fenseur habile, 1855–1860

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Le Valet de Chambre

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Le Valet de Chambre

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Monseigneur s'ils persistent nous mettrons..., 1831

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Monseigneur s'ils persistent nous mettrons..., 1831

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Three lithographs., 1849

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Three lithographs., 1849

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Et ces deux grands débris se consolaient..., 1866

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Et ces deux grands débris se consolaient..., 1866

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Ah! tu veux te frotter à la presse!!, 1833

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Ah! tu veux te frotter à la presse!!, 1833

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Pair of Sculptures, 2 Figurative

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Pair of Sculptures, 2 Figurative

Sale Date: April 30, 2022

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La plaidoirie

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La plaidoirie

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Recto : Cri d'alarme sur la grève ; Verso :...

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Recto : Cri d'alarme sur la grève ; Verso :...

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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L'Avocat Salutant

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L'Avocat Salutant

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