Daumier, Honore (France 1808-1879) Lithograph on paper, news print on reverse. Croquis Pris au Salon par Daumier, No. 2. 1865 - Cette annee encore des Venus...toujours des Venus! ...comme s'il y avait des femmes faites comme ca!...." h.D and 50 monogram in stone. Collector stamp 'GL' on lower right. Imperial stamp on inside spread. Sheet 11.25" x 16.5" (full spread is 22.5" wide.) mat paper 13" x 20"
Acquired from the estate of George Longstreet, a renown collector of fine original illustrations and prints, and whose collection has appeared in dozens of museums and exhibits over the last four decades. In 1976, Armand Hammer acquired 5000 Daumier objects that George Longstreet began to amass in Paris more than 50 years ago. The Daumier collection is now part of the permanent collection in the Armand Hammer Wing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.