Spring Exceptionelle
Lot 7:
Description
Keywords: French Art, 19th Century Cartoon, Journalism, Social Commentary, Art World, Art Appreciation, Art Critic
Summary:
Honoré Daumier signed ink and watercolor on paper, titled A True Lover of Art. The work is closely related to Daumier’s lithograph no. 66 from the celebrated satirical series Les Bons Bourgeois (The Good Bourgeois), published in Le Charivari on May 16, 1847. This watercolor was likely executed as a preparatory or independent variant in conjunction with the lithographic composition.
The scene depicts a bourgeois figure intently examining a work of art with a magnifying glass, a recurring motif in Daumier’s biting critique of 19th-century Parisian society. Through exaggerated gesture and understated irony, Daumier lampoons the self-serious art connoisseur whose superficial engagement with art reflects broader social pretensions of the era.
Measurement: Art: 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm.), Frame: 16 x 13 1/2 in. (40.6 x 34.3 cm.) approx
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