Honoré Daumier

French · 1808–1879 · Painter, Printmaker

Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of… (Wikipedia)

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Mère et EnfantGrisebach · Nov 2011€122,000≈ $163,321≈ £104,956Sign up to see
Un wagon de troisième classeKornfeld · Sep 2025CHF 80,000≈ $100,296≈ £74,063≈ €85,591Sign up to see
Le chanteur des rues (recto);Bonhams · Jun 2023€76,600≈ $84,145≈ £65,965Sign up to see

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Untitled
Lithograph
12.5 x 9.5 in
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Jul 1, 2018 · Lot 491
$63≈ £48≈ €54$50 + $13 premiumSign up free to seeEst. $100–200View at Helmuth Stone Gallery ↗
Madrier-Longeau en Docrisse
Lithograph
11" high x 8" wide
Clarke Auction Gallery · Jun 25, 2018 · Lot 14
$50≈ £38≈ €43HammerSign up free to seeEst. $50–1,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
Scapin et Géronte, Um 1860
Drawing
34,3 × 29,3 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2018 · Lot 150
€40,000≈ $46,528≈ £34,999Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Grisebach ↗
Le Charivari, 1848
Lithograph · Paper
Bl. 35,5 x 25 cm
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 24, 2018 · Lot 585
€80≈ $99≈ £70HammerSign up free to seeEst. €100–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
Portrait of Literaten Jean-Ponce-Guillaume Viennet (1777-1868)After the artist
Sculpture
h. 19.5 cm
im Kinsky · Feb 28, 2018 · Lot 0732
€640≈ $782≈ £566Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €500–View at im Kinsky ↗
Une autre fois je fis encore un bon tour...
Lithograph · Paper
24.8 x 23.6 cm (35.7 x 27.2 cm)
Lempertz · Nov 16, 2017 · Lot 63
€135≈ $159≈ £120Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €80–View at Lempertz ↗
Louis XIV
Approx
Clarke Auction Gallery · Oct 8, 2017 · Lot 134
$19,000≈ £14,428≈ €16,176HammerSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–1,500View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
Photographes et photographiés
Lithograph
BA. 17,5 x 24 cm bzw. 24 x 30,5 cm, Ra. 32,5 x 36,5 cm bzw. 35 x 39,5 cm
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Sep 23, 2017 · Lot 245
€80≈ $96≈ £71HammerSign up free to seeEst. €100–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
Petit buste de Royer-Collard (Le Vieux Finaud), from the series Bustes des Parlementaires
Sculpture · ed. 9/25
5 in. ÂThis series of busts was commissioned by Charles Philipon to be a part of a window display at [la Cariacature]. In 1927
Brunk Auctions · Sep 16, 2017 · Lot 648
$6,000≈ £4,416≈ €5,015HammerSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Brunk Auctions ↗
Inconvénient de rêver tout haut
Lithograph
35,7 : 27 cm
Kornfeld · Jun 15, 2017 · Lot 252
CHF 800≈ $822≈ £645≈ €736HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 1,000–View at Kornfeld ↗

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Honoré Daumier signature

51 catalogued lots by Honoré Daumier record a signature line. The most common placement is lower left (55% of lots that state a placement). Most often: monogrammed.

Placement

lower left17
in the plate12
lower right1
lower centre1

Form

monogrammed37
signed13
initialled1

Monogrammed in the stone on the lower left: h.D., stone number 3 — Dire que nous v'la parisiens!“, sheet from „Actualités, im Kinsky, Mar 4, 2020
Monogrammed in the stone on the lower left: h.D., stone number 103 — Combat singulier ...“, sheet 117 from „Actualités, im Kinsky, Mar 4, 2020
Monogrammed in the stone on the lower left: h.D., stone number 112 — Voilà un vent ...“, sheet 127 from „Actualités, im Kinsky, Mar 4, 2020

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About Honoré Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870. He earned a living producing caricatures and cartoons in newspapers and periodicals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still remembered today. He was a republican democrat, who satirized and lampooned the monarchy, aristocracy, clergy, politicians, the judiciary, lawyers, police, detectives, the wealthy, the military, the bourgeoisie, as well as his countrymen and human nature in general.

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In museum collections

The Laundress, 186[3?]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
The Third-Class Carriage, 1864
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
The Drinkers, by 1861
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
Advice to a Young Artist, 1865/1868
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0