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Honoré Daumier

French Theater, c. 1856

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 8

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 25.9 x 35 cm (10 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

framed: 49.5 x 58.7 cm (19 1/2 x 23 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.13

Artists / Makers

Honoré Daumier (artist) French, 1808 - 1879

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Inscription

center right: h. Daumier

Provenance

Verdier, Paris, by 1878.[1] Egisto Fabbri [1866-1933], Florence, by 1901.[2] Henri Rouart [1833-1912], Paris; (his sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, 9 December 1912, no. 164, as Un Coin de théâtre); purchased by (Modernen Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich), where it remained until at least 1916.[3] Werner Feuz, Bern, by 1926; sold 1927 to (Alex Reid and Lefevre, Ltd., Glasgow); on joint account 1927 with (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1930 by (Alex Reid and Lefèvre, Ltd., Glasgow) to (Raphael Gérard, Paris);[4] sold May 1930 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris);[5] on joint account with (Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York); sold March 1933 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] Lent by Verdier to the 1878 exhibition at Galeries Durand-Ruel in Paris.

[2] Lent by Fabbri to 1901 Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts exhibition.

[3] Illustrated in Galerie Thannhauser 1916 catalogue.

[4] Reid & Lefèvre Pictures Sold 1927-1930, sheet no. 36, #102/27, bought from Werner Feuz, sold January 1930 to Raphael Gerard (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 283). Information about Alex Reid and Lefèvre's dealing with the picture, including the joint account with Knoedler and the sale to Gérard, is also contained in a letter dated 15 August 1966 from Alex Reid and Lefèvre, in NGA curatorial files. According to a note in the object folder, dated 1966, Paul Vollotton, nephew of dealer Félix Vollotton, said the painting had been in his firm's possession sometime after Feuz' ownership, but that is unconfirmed.

[5] M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Stock book no. 8, p.114; Sales book no. 13, p. 255; Inventory cards, box 115, item 005 (copies in NGA curatorial files). See also letter dated 23 August 1966 from Knoedler, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Bignou, Etienne
Dale, Chester
Fabbri, Egisto
Feuz, Werner
Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Moderne
Galerie Manzi-Joyant
Gérard, Raphael
Knoedler & Company, M.
Knoedler & Company, M.
Reid & Lefèvre, Ltd, Alex
Rouart, Henri
Verdier

Exhibition History

1878: Exposition des Peintures et Dessins de H. Daumier, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1878, no. 64

1901: Exposition Daumier, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1901, no. 39

1926: Austellung Honoré Daumier 1808-1879, Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, 1926, no. 4

1927: Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, 1927, no. 62, repro.

1927: Paintings and Drawings by Honoré Daumier, Alex Reid and Lefèvre, London, 1927, no. 4

1931: A Century of French Painting; an Exhibition of French Painting, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Delaware, M. Knoedler & Co., Chicago; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1931, no. 8

1934: Daumier. Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, 1934, no. 33, repro.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1888: Alexandre, Arsène. Honoré Daumier. Paris, 1888: 375 ("Un Fauteuil d'orchestre, 26-35; à M. Verdier.").

1908: Klossowski, Erich. Honoré Daumier. Munich, 1908: 8, no. 88, pl. 42.

1923: Fontainas, André. La Peinture de Daumier. Paris, 1923: pl. 26.

1923: Klossowski, Erich. Honoré Daumier. Munich, 1923: 93, erroneously listed twice, under both nos. 85 and 88, pl. 58.

1927: Fuchs, Eduard. Der Maler Daumier. New York, 1927: 51, no. 133 (Munich, 1930: 51, no. 133).

1929: Bertram, Anthony. Honoré Daumier. London, 1929: pl. VII.

1934: Venturi, Lionello. "Daumier." L'Arte 37 (1934): 399, fig. 8.

1938: Lassaigne, Jacques. Daumier. New York, 1938: repro. 128.

1945: Courthion, Pierre. Daumier, raconté par lui-même et par ses amis. Vésénaz-Geneva, 1945: 286, no. 33.

1954: Adhémar, Jean. Honoré Daumier. Paris, 1954: 111 (transcription of 1878 Paris exhibition catalogue, no. 64).

1965: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 43, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 37.

1968: Maison, K.E. Honoré Daumier, catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1968: I:135, no. 158, repro. and X-radiograph, 28, fig. 18.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 30, repro.

1971: Mandel, Gabriele. L'opera pittorica completa di Daumier. Milan, 1971: 105, no. 206, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 92, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 437, no. 625, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 114, repro.

2000: Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 164-169, color repro.