Study of Clowns, possibly early 20th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 8.5 x 11.1 cm, 0.5 cm (3 3/8 x 4 3/8 in., 3/16 in.)

framed: 28.9 x 31.4 x 6.4 cm (11 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.24

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (painter)

Honoré Daumier (related artist) French, 1808 - 1879

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Inscription

Falsely upper right: h.D.

Provenance

Acquired between 1952-1955 by Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, France;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1] See letter from Molyneux to Bruce dated 30 July 1955 in Gallery Archives RG39, copy in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain

Exhibition History

1956: Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 27, as Daumier.

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 16, repro

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 94, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 115, 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: 189-190, repro., as Manner of Honoré Daumier.