Man Carrying a Sack

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image contains a sketch of a person with a blurred form. The individual appears to be carrying a large sack on their back, and is depicted in a slightly bent forward posture. The facial features, hair, clothing, jewelry, and objects are not distinguishable due to the abstract style of the drawing. The background is also abstract, with soft, blurry shading and indistinct shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.6 x 42.2 cm (12 1/16 x 16 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9320

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Maison 1968, no. 257

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2013-2014, no. 47, repro.

Bibliography

1968

  • Maison, K.E. Honore Daumier: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings. 2 vols. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1968.

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, and Andrew Robison. Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Exh. cat. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 52, fig. 5.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower right verso in graphite: KK 1045

Watermarks

D & C BILAUW

Wikidata ID

Q64574427

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