Sheet of Studies with a Group of Four Figures to the Right (recto) Sketches of Various Figures (verso)

Honoré Daumierthird quarter 1800s

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Title: Sheet of Studies with a Group of Four Figures to the Right (recto) Sketches of Various Figures (verso)
Creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Date Created: third quarter 1800s
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 6.5 x 29.8 cm (2 9/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Provenance: all according to Maison 1968, vol. 2, p. 260, cat. no. 797: Roger Marx, Paris (Lugt 2229, not stamped); by decent to his son Claude Roger-Marx, Paris (Lugt Suppl. 1800b, not stamped). [Carstairs]. Richard S. Davis, Minneapolis (not stamped, not in Lugt). [New Gallery]. E. Powis Jones, New York (not stamped, not in Lugt).
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.179
Medium: black chalk and brush and gray wash
Inscriptions: ON A SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER, upper left, in gray ink: [illegible, cropped] ; ON A SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER, upper right, in gray ink: co[cropped]
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Fiftieth anniversary gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 1966.179

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