The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection
After Honoré Daumier
Claude Baillot, dit ‘L'Infatué de soi'
Session begins in
November 21, 03:30 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Bid
2,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection
After Honoré Daumier
1808 - 1879
Claude Baillot, dit ‘L'Infatué de soi
stamped M.L.G. Bronze; numbered twice 12/25 (on the underside)
bronze
height: 6 ⅞ in. 15.2 cm.
Conceived circa 1830-32; this example cast from 1929 by the Barbideienne foundry, Paris, at the direction of Maurice Le Garrec, in an edition of 25.
Rune Swanstrom, Gothenburg, Sweden
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (consigned by the above in January 1960)
Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago (acquired from the above in March 1960)
Acquired from the above on 19 April 1960 by the present owner
Eugène Bouvy, Trente-six bustes de H. Daumier reproduits en phototype grandeur nature, Paris, 1932, no. 22, illustration of the unbaked clay version
Charles Mourre, “Bustes et personnages,” Arts et livres de Provence: Daumier, 1948, p. 99
Maruice Gobin, Daumier Sculpteur, Geneva, 1952, no. 22, p. 209, illustration of the unbaked clay version; p. 334
Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Sagot-Le Garrec, Daumier: Sculpteur, lithographe et dessinateur, 1957, no. 22, illustrations of other casts
Exh. Cat., Metz, Salle de la mutualité, 200 Chefs d'oeuvre de Daumier, 1957
Exh. Cat., Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Daumier, Le Peintre graveur, 1958, no. 10
Jeanne L. Wasserman, Daumier Sculpture, A Critical and Comparative Study, Cambridge, 1969, no. 2, pp. 48-49, illustrations of the unbaked clay version (no. 2a) and another cast (no. 2b)
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