Honoré DAUMIER (1808-1879) Lot n° 5

LE MONSIEUR QUI RICANE, circa 1850 Bronze with brown patina Monogrammed and numbered 22/30 Printed and stamped by the founder Valsuani at 30 copies Founder's stamp on the terrace Posthumous casting Height: 18,5 cm - 7.2 in. Stamped with the artist's monogram, numbered 22/30, stamped with the Valsuani's artist's studio on the terrace, bronze with brown patina Provenance: - Collection Particulière, Paris. Bibliography: - Gobin Michel, Daumier Sculpteur 1808-1979, catalogue raisonné et illustré de l'oeuvre sculptée, Pierre Cailler Éditeur, Genève, 1952. Work listed on page 261 of the book - Lecomte Marcel, Daumier, Sculpteur, Galerie Marcel Lecomte, 17 rue de Seine Paris Presses Artistiques, Paris, 1979. Work reproduced under number 54 of the book (unpaginated) The character represented by Daumier (...) that we can qualify as "goyesque" could be Thiers? At least the artist did it with this politician in mind, whom he had to charge so many times. (...) The actor Jean Vilar, who owned some of these figures, was particularly attached to this one, which he considered the most extraordinary (the most "theatrical", to be exact) of the series.