Auction: Discovery - 2565MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 13, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Diogène et Alcibiade à L'Odéon, from ACTUALITÉS, plate no. 121. Signed "h.D." and with the stone number "860" in the matrix, l.l. and l.r., respectively, imprinted "Chez Aubert, Pl.de la Bourse, 29." l.l. and "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie." l.r. Lithograph on paper, image size 9 5/8 x 8 3/4 in., framed.
N.B. This lithograph was originally published in Le Charivari on January 23, 1846. The title refers to a comedy by Felix Pyat (1810-1889),Diogène, that opened at the Odéon Theater. The print is listed in the Daumier Register as no. 1471.
Estimate $75-100