H DAUMIER ORIGINAL c.1845 LITHOGRAPH Pencil Signed Numbered "A Lawyer's Triumph"

Description: Title: Un Triomphe d'Avocat / A Lawyer's Triumph Lithograph with Daumier's "HD" monogram in the image. Signed in pencil and numbered 13/500. Published in Le Charivari, February 23, 1845, plate 42 of the Daumier series "Les Beaux Jours de la Vie" /The Good Days of Life. Note that this not a print from that newspaper; it is an original lithograph print from the stone on wove paper, and pencil signed by the artist, and numbered 13 in a limited edition of 500. The text accompanying the print as it appeared in Le Charivari: "A Lawyer's Triumph" Let me embrace you, you've been acquitted...... between you and me, you ought to have been sent to the galleys, you old scoundrel.... but never mind, it's always nice to be able to save one's own kind! (Deeply moved, the thief picks his lawyer's pocket, so that he may have something to remind him of his respect and friendship). This original print is in very good condition. PLATE IMPRESSION: 8.5" x 11.25" The metallic gold painted, wood frame includes glass. The protective paper on the back of this frame was (as found) damaged and is now removed. (Please see photos.) The frame is also in very good condition. FRAME: 11.75" x 14.75" Honoré Daumier (1808 – 1879) was a French painter, sculptor and printmaker best known for his caricatures critiquing and satirizing society and politics in 19th-century France. He was a working class liberal, earning a living and notoriety by producing work which satirized and lampooned the monarchy, politicians, the judiciary, lawyers, the bourgeoisie, as well as his countrymen and human nature in general. 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 work has had a lasting impact on the art world as an important forerunner of Impressionism, and he is often praised for the technical skill and artistic vision of his work. In this lifetime, Daumier produced over 500 paintings, 4000 lithographs, 1000 wood engravings, 1000 drawings and 100 sculptures. His work can be seen in many important museums around the world, including 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.

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