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HONORE DAUMIER

Les bas bleus. No.25; and Les bons Bourgeois. No. 11, for Caricatures de Moeurs Part I and III, 1838-45; and 1851-58

Two lithographs, on wove paper, with margins, les bas I. 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (21.6 x 19.1 cm); les bas S. 13 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (34.3 x 25.7 cm); les bons I. 10 1/8 x 9 in. (25.7 x 22.9 cm); les bons S. 13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (34 x 26 cm) , sur blanc impressions (before they were mass printed on newspaper), Les bas bleus with several pale foxmarks (mainly in the margins), Les bons Bourgeois with minor surface soiling, offseting on the reverse (showing through on the front), adhesive remains at the upper and lower right sheet edge, small holes in places along the left sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, unframed.

PROVENANCE Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) inkstamp
LITERATURE Loys Delteil 1245 and 1487; Lilian and Dieter Noack 1245 and 1487

from Caricatures de moeurs Part I, 1838-1845; and Caricatures de moeurs Part III 1851-1858

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