News by the Daumier-Register
OBITUARY FOR MME DAUMIER
On Jan. 17, 1895 the newspaper Le Radical published an obituary for Mme Daumier who had died two days earlier. It is very moving to read how unscrupulous art dealers have bought the remaining artworks of the Master at bargain [...]
DAUMIER APPRAISALS AND AUTHENTICATIONS
The Daumier Register is the centre of research on works by Honoré Daumier and supplies appraisals and authentications to museums, auction houses and collectors. Daumier is one of the most frequently copied artists of the 19th century. Already during his [...]
DAUMIER’S LOUIS XIV lacquered clay sculpture resurfaced (DR9643)
Good news for the Daumier community: Daumier’s original lacquered clay of King Louis XIV has reappeared on the Art market after 47 years of hiding in the apartment of a French Art dealer in New York known to the Daumier [...]
DAUMIER: ATTUALITÀ E VARIETÀ. Daumier Exhibition in Switzerland
An important Daumier exhibition is taking place in Bellinzona, Switzerland, in the italian speaking canton Ticino: DAUMIER: ATTUALITÀ E VARIETÀ - www.villacedri.ch/home The exhibition features ca. 180 lithographs, wood engravings, drawings and sculptures by Daumier, a great number of them [...]
DR39 – A WELL-KNOWN LITHOGRAPH UNEARTHED IN AN UNEXPECTED PLACE
Most Daumier collectors are familiar with „LES BLANCHISSEURS“ (DR39), today one of the most cherished lithographs by Daumier. It was deposited with the French Authorities on August 22, 1832 and as a consequence Daumier´s suspended prison sentence was re-activated. Take [...]
WATERMARKS IN DAUMIER’S DRAWINGS
There has been an ongoing discussion whether Daumier had used paper with watermarks for his drawings. Some authors pointed out that high quality paper would have been too expensive for him. For his numerous sketches Daumier mainly used “scrap paper [...]