Honoré Victorin Daumier. 1808-1879.
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Series: Les Trains de Plaisir.
"- Quand après dix assauts infructueux on arrive enfin à conquéérir une place dans un wagon on éprouve un premier et bien vif plaisir."
Having found a seat after ten desperate attempts to board the train, a first tender feeling of holiday relaxation emerges.)
1864. Lithograph. Delteil 3295.ii/ii (with letters). 9 5/8 x 8 3/4 (sheet 11 13/16 x 12 1/16). Series: Croquis, - par Daumier, (Sketches by Daumier), plate one. The series consisted of 4 prints which appeared in the CHARIVARI between August 6, 1864 and June 6, 1866. This image was published in Le Charivari August 6, 1864. Text: lower left: Mon-Martinet,172 r.Rivoli et 41,r.Vivienne; lower right: Lith. Destouches,28,r.Paradis Pre. Slight foxing; one vertical and one horizontal fold; sheet trimmed. A delightful early railroad image. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $750
Series: Croquis Charivariques
- Dites donc, président, impossible d'attraper un lièvre cette année ci..... ils ne restent plus en place..... - Ça tient à ce que le gouvernement a oublié de les rendre inamovibles......
(- I tell you Mr President.... it is quite impossible to trap a hare this year...... - It's of course the fault of the government,... as usual, they forgot to make them irremovable in time.)
1849. Lithograph. Delteil 1946.ii/ii (with letters). RARE. 9 5/8 x 8 (sheet 13 7/8 x 9 1/2). Series: Croquis Charivariques (Charivari Sketches), plate 2. Published in Le Charivari September 25, 1849. Lower left: Chez Aubert, Pl.de la Bourse.; lower right:Imp. Aubert & Cie. Central horizontal fold and allover mottling. Initialed 'h.d.' in the stone, lower left. $250.
Series: Croquis, - par Daumier.
- Elle est encore très bien cette dame... et elle est seule...
Hein?... si pourtant on était mauvais sujet! .
(- Not bad, not bad at all the lady over there.... I wonder whether she is alone...
- What rakes we are!.)
1867. Gillotage. Delteil 3303 only state. RARE. 9 3/4 x 9 1/4 (sheet 11 5/8 x 11). Series: Croquis Parisien. -- Par Daumier (Parisian Sketches -- by Daumier), plate 251. Published in Le Charivari November 26, 1867. Four fold marks and two brown stains in the leaves above the gentleman on the right; sheet trimmed. Initialed and annotated 'Gillot' in the stone, lower left. $375.
Series: Actualités
Bernard Léon (Rôle de Mignot, dans Marie Mignot).
..... Si vous saviez comme on fait du tort à un cuisinier quand on dérange ses heures!........
Bernard Léon. (in the role of Mignot in Marie Mignot)
If you only knew how one does wrong to a cook, by upsetting his time schedule.
1844. Lithograph. Delteil 1269.iii (with series title and plate number). 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 (sheet 14 1/8 x 9 3/4).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 108. Published in Le Charivari May 5, 1844. Text: lower left:Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse 29.; lower right: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. Four fold marks, scattered foxing. Initialed in the stone, lower right. $65.
- Oui, madame Chaboulard y a vingt-quatre épiciers qui se sont réunis et qui ont fait le serment de massacrer le président Dupin.
- En v'la une horreur!.... mais aussi pourquoi le gouvernement ne fait pas surveiller davantage les épiciers....... il y a longtemps que je l'ai dit, tous les épiciers sont des scélérats!...... â preuve que le mien m'a vendu hier pour deux sous de moutarde et il ne m'en a pas donné pour six liards.... j'vas le dénoncer, y doit être un des vint-quatre!
(- Yes, Madame Chaboulard, 24 grocers have conspired to assassinate the President, Mr. Dupin!
- How awful... but I always said why doesn't the government watch the grocers more closely!.... it is long time that I said, all grocers are scoundrels..... for example, mine sold me today mustard for 2 sous... he wouldn't give it to me for six farthings..... I must go and denounce him... he surely must be one of those twenty four.)
1850. Lithograph. Delteil 2040.ii/ii (with letters). 11 x 8 1/4 (sheet 12 5/8 x 9 1/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 27. Published in Le Charivari November 15, 1850. Text: lower left: mChez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse 29.Paris.; lower right: Imp.de Me.Ve.Aubert r.de l'Abbaye,5.Paris. Paper loss in the right-hand margin; vertical and horizontal folds. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $50.
Un ours contrarié (A Disobedient Bear.) 1854. Lithograph. Delteil 2525.ii/ii (with letters). 10 1/2 x 8/4 (sheet 10 1/8 x 13 11/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 98. Published in Le Charivari August 28, 1854. Text: lower left: maison Martinet,116 rue Rivoli et 41 r.Vivienne.; lower right: Lith. Destouches,28 r. Paradis Pre-Paris Fine original condition. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.
IRLANDE ET JAMAÏQUE. - Patience!.... (Ireland and Jamaica. Patience!....)
1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3494.ii/ii. 9 1/2 x 8 (sheet 11 7/16 x 11 3/16).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 60. Published in Le Charivari April 11, 1866. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,28 r.Paradis.Pre. Four fold marks,sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $350.
EXERCICES DE L'HERCULE PRUSSIEN.
- Le lèvra-t-il? ne le lèvra-t-il pas?
(EXERCISES OF THE PRUSSIAN HERCULES.)
Will he or won't he be able to lift it up?
1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3495.iii/iii (with letters). 9 3/8 x 8 5/9 (sheet 11 13/16 x 10 9/16).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 63. Published in Le Charivari April 16, 1866. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,28 r.Paradis.Pre. Vertical and horizontal marks; scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $75.
Ou Venise commence à espérer.
(Venice begins to hope.)
1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3496.ii/ii (with letters). 9 5/8 x 8 1/8 (sheet 11 13/16 x 11).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 69. Published in Le Charivari April 24, 1866. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,28 r.Paradis.Pre. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $95.
Équilibre Européen. (European Equilibrium)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3566.ii/ii (with letters). 10 x8 7/16 (sheet 11 1/2 x 11 5/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 52. Published in Le Charivari April 3, 1867. Text lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28. Print Collector's Quarterly 25 (1938): 29. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Trop chargé! ça crèvera ! (It's too full! It is going to burst!)
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3567.iii/iii (with letters). 10 1/16 x 83/4 (sheet 11 7/8 x 11 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 67. Published in Le Charivari April 16, 1867. Text lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
- C'est dommage que ma chasse a moi soit fermée.
(Ir's too bad that I'm shut out from hunting.)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3591.ii/ii (with letters). 9 1/4 x 8(sheet 11 3/4 x 11 1/2). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 180. Published in Le Charivari September 7, 1871. Text lower left: A de Vresse Edr r. Rivoli 55; lower right: Lith. Destouches r. Paradis Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Une attitude en partie double.
(A double-faced attitude).
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3596.iii (with letters). 9 3/4 x9 1/2 (sheet 11 7/8 x 12).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 18. Published in Le Charivari February 4, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28 Vertical and horizontal fold marks; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.
TURGOT - Eh bien mon pauvre Condé.... il parait qu'on prend mon nom comme on a pris le vôtre pour en faire l'enseigne d'une boutique.
(TURGOT: - And so, my poor Count, it seems that my name, like yours, is used to create a shop sign.)
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3598.ii/ii (with letters). 10 3/8 x 8 1/16 (sheet 12 x 11 3/8).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 214. Published in Le Charivari October 7, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse, R. Rivoli 55; lower right:LITH DESTOUCHES R. Paradis Pre.28. Unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; minor foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $95.
LE VÉRITABLE LUTTEUR MASQUÉ.
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LE VÉRITABLE HOMME MASQUÉ.
THE REAL MASKED FIGHTER.
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THE REAL MASKED MAN.
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3604.iii/iii (with letters). 9 7/8 x 8 1/2 (sheet 11 9/16 x 11 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 238. Published in Le Charivari November 9, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,r.Paradis.Pre.28 Four paper folds; unobtrusive foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.
EN BALLON CAPTIF.
"LE Mr QUI REGARDE AU SUD. - Diantre!
LE Mr QUI REGARDE A L'EST. - Sapristi."
(THE CAPTIVE BALLOON.
The man who looks to the South: The Deuce.
The man who looks to the East: The Devil.)
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3605.ii/ii (with letters). 9 5/16 x 8 1/4 (sheet 12 7/16 x 11 1/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 240. Published in Le Charivari November 11, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,r.Paradis.Pre.28 Four paper folds, slight foxing; osheet trimmed. A rare hot air ballon image with literary associations. Initialed in the stone, in the basket. $1,750.
John Bull jure qu'il est attaché au fils de Théodoros par un lien indissoluble. (John Bull vows that he is tied to the son of Theodorus by an indissoluble band.)
1868. Lithograph. Delteil 3657.ii/ii (with letters). 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 (sheet 12 x 11 3/16).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 189. Published in Le Charivari August 22, 1868. Text: lower left:A.de Vresse,r. Rivoli 55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28. Six fold marks; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $350.
LA RENTRÉÉE.
C'est drôle, je ne vois pas revenir la petite Confiance.
(The return
It's strange that , I don't seem to see little Confiance return.)
1868. Lithograph. Delteil 3669.iii/iii (with letters). 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 3/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 220. Published in Le Charivari October 12, 1868. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r. Rivoli 55; lower right: Lith.Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; minor scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Ils brûlent, ces gros-là, ils brûlent!
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Chauds les gros! Chauds!...
(They scorch these big ones, they burn!
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Big hot ones! Hot!)
1868. Lithograph. Hazard 3673.iii/iii (with letters). Not in Delteil 3673. 9 1/2 x 8 7/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 3/4). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 222. Published in Le Charivari November 14, 1868. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse, R. Rivoli 55 lower right: Lith Destouches R.Paradis Pre. 28. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $175.
L'éclipse sera-t-elle totale? (Will the eclipse be total?)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3857.ii/ii (with letters). 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 1/2). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 336. Published in Le Charivari March 17, 1871. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower right. $125.
SUCCESSEUR DE CHARLEMAGNE. (Charlemagne's Successor.)
1871. Gillotage. Delteil 3857.ii/ii (with letters). 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 (sheet 11 3/4 x 10 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 348. Published in Le Charivari April 6, 1871. Unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $175.
Le défenseur de Calas consolé de n'avoir pu défendre Bailly, André Chénier et Camille Desmoulins.
(The defender of Calas consoled by not being able to defend Bailly, André Chenier and Camille Desmoulins..)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3864.ii/ii (with letters). 10 1/8 x 9 (sheet 11 3/4 x 10 1/2). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 356. Published in Le Charivari April 16, 1871. Vertical and horizontal folds ; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. This is a one of Daumier's very notable images, as it pictures Voltaire, who defended Calas, Bailly, Chénier and Desmoulins. $350.
Les augures de la diplomatie n'osant ouvrir l'oiseau-Prussien pour savoir à quoi s'en tenir.
(The augures of diplomacy, don't dare to open the Prussian bird, to find what it might contain.)
1867. Lithograph. Hazard 3965.i/i (with letters). RARE. Not in Delteil. 10 1/8 x 9 (sheet 11 1/2 x 11 5/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 179. Published in Le Charivari October 3, 1867. Text: lower left: Lith. Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28; lower right: A.de Vresse Edr. rue du Rivoli 55. Center vertical fold and minor water stains on the left. A delightful early railroad image. Initialed in the stone, lower right. This is a one of Daumier's rare and notable images. $300.
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