Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense)

Honoré Daumierc. 1862/1865

Details

Title: Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense)
Creator: Honoré Daumier
Date Created: c. 1862/1865
Physical Dimensions: image: 8 3/16 x 11 13/16 in. (20.7 x 30 cm) sheet: 20 3/8 x 23 3/4 in. (51.8 x 60.3 cm) framed: 17 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (44.8 x 54.9 cm)
Provenance: Paul Gallimard, Paris; Ferdinand Heilbuth (1826-1889), Paris, by 1888; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 19-21 May 1890, no. 327; Henri Vever (1854-1942); his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1-2 February 1897, no. 137; to William A. Clark (1839-1925); bequest in 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (inv. 26.68); acquired in 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Medium: pen and black ink, charcoal, crayon, and watercolor on laid paper

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