News by the Daumier-Register
DAUMIER FAKES
A simple calculation reveals a shocking result: Daumier created a total of 1340 drawings. This compares with 1562 drawings ‘AFTER DAUMIER’ and ‘UNCONFIRMED’ The comparison of the oil paintings is far more alarming: Daumier created a total of 283 paintings. [...]
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT DRAWINGS AFTER DAUMIER.
Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen, Düsseldorf GmbH, Germany, sold a large private collection of drawings by a presumably German artist with approx. 388 drawings after Daumier on 6 different auction dates between 2017 and 2020. Description: Charcoal drawings on chamois-coloured paper. Predominantly 29.5 [...]
NEW DISSERTATION ON DAUMIER’S ART SHOWING NEW ASPECTS
"An Examination of Artistic Expression Through Honoré Daumier's Le Fardeau" by SARAH ISAK-GOODE of Lindenwood University. This highly interesting dissertation, which has just been published, offers a completely new aspect to Daumier's multifaceted work. SARAH ISAK-GOODE examines the divergence between [...]
AMAZING AUCTION RESULT FOR DAUMIER PAINTING
The painting DR7213 "L'avocat lisant" has been sold recently, on September 20, 2024 at Koller Auctions, Switzerland for the amazing hammer price of SFR 470'000 (almost SFR 650'000 including buyer's premium and taxes). The picture has an impeccable provenance [...]
THE ARTSTORY – A GREAT TOOL TO LEARN ABOUT ARTISTS
ARTSTORY gives an immense overview about innumerable artists: https://www.theartstory.org/ The chapter on DAUMIER is quite complex and gives a good insight about life and work of the artist. Go to https://www.theartstory.org/artists/ and select DAUMIER under the letter D and indulge [...]
“SUPPLEMENT TO K.E. MAISON’S CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE L’OEUVRE DE DAUMIER”
We are frequently being asked for help by Daumier collectors finding works on offer by various large and small auction houses. Very often the description includes a sentence like: "This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement to K.E. [...]