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Honoré Daumier
1808-1879
The Accusation
ca. 1865
Pen and black ink and wash over black chalk.
7 3/4 X 11 3/4 inches (197 x 298 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.49
Inscription: 

Signed in black ink at lower center: "h. Daumier".

Provenance: 
Dr. Zenko Bruck, Buenos Aires; Miss Livingston (?); Martin Flersheim, Frankfurt; sale, Berne, Gutekunst & Klipstein, 22 November 1956, no. 72; Kramer; Salomon; Faerber and Maison Ltd., London; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Bruck, Zenko, former owner.
Livingston, Miss, former owner.
Flersheim, Martin, former owner.
Kramer, former owner.
Salomon, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 74, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 85.

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Daumier, Honoré
School: 
French
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints