Portrait of Daumier
Maker
Auguste, the younger Boulard (etcher)
1852-1927
Etienne Carjat (artist)
1828-1906
1852-1927
Etienne Carjat (artist)
1828-1906
Title
Portrait of Daumier
Date of Production
1880
Dimensions
Height: 61.2 cm (primary support)
Width: 44.4 cm (primary support)
Width: 44.4 cm (primary support)
Accession Number
G.2018.XX.1
Mode of Acquisition
Donato Esposito, gift, 2018
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This etched portrait of the artist and satirist Honoré Daumier is based on a photograph by Étienne Carjat. Carjat (1828-1906), a contemporary of Nadar, was one of the key photographers working in Paris in 1850s-1870s, best known today for his portraits of artists, writers and political figures. It represents Daumier toward the end of his life and was produced and published two years after the artist’s death.
This impression is a remarque proof with two sketches based on figures in Daumier’s satirical prints contained within the area between the plate mark and the image border. Remarque proofs enjoyed great popularity during the etching revival of the latter half of the nineteenth century and were aimed at, and keenly collected by, connoisseurs in pursuit of particularly rare and unusual impressions.
This impression is a remarque proof with two sketches based on figures in Daumier’s satirical prints contained within the area between the plate mark and the image border. Remarque proofs enjoyed great popularity during the etching revival of the latter half of the nineteenth century and were aimed at, and keenly collected by, connoisseurs in pursuit of particularly rare and unusual impressions.
Provenance
Christian Collin (French, b. 1963), Paris, from whom purchased in April 2008
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