Honoré
Daumier ([pseudonym] Rogelin)
(1808–1979)
“Vue
prise dans la nouvelle rue de Rivoli.”, 1852, original lithograph published in Paris by Maison
Martinet (aka Martinet-Hautecoeur) (fl.1824–) and printed by Charles Trinocq
(fl.1851–1854) as Plate 58 (see detail of plate number https://commons.und.edu/daumier-prints/868/)
from the series “Actualités” (News) (Hazard&Delteil
[1904] cat. nos. 2757–3821), in “Le Charivari” (24 December, 1852).
Lithograph on
wove/newsprint paper with printed text verso, trimmed around the image borderline
on the top and sides, but retaining the title and publication details. There are
ink and pencil notations from a previous collector above the title and the lower-right corner is replenished. The sheet has been laid upon an archival support sheet
of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.
Size: (sheet) 22.7
x 26.5 cm.
Inscribed in
the stone along the lower edge: (left) “h.D.”; (centre) “468”.
Lettered below
the image borderline: (left) “Maison Martinet, r Vivinne, 41, et r. du Coq. 11”;
(centre) “Vue prise dans la nouvelle rue de Rivoli.”; (right) “Imp. Ch Trinocq,
Cour des Miracles, 9. Paris”.
State ii (of
ii) with publication details.
Delteil 2278
(Loys Delteil 1925, “Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré [XIXe et XXe siècles], cat.
no. 2278); Hazard & Delteil 3590 (Nicolas-Auguste Hazard & Loys Delteil
1904, “Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier”, cat. no.
3590).
See also the
description of this print offered by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (note that
the description has the names of the printer and publisher the wrong way around): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/644622.
I am selling
this superb lithograph satirising Baron Haussmann’s vision of urban renewal
to a new street developed
through the heart of Paris, the Rue de Rivoli—now one of the most famous
streets for shopping—for AU$175 in total (currently US$116.97/EUR105.83/GBP93.16
at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the
world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are
interested in purchasing this marvellously captured scene of hectic urban life in
Paris in the mid-1800s, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and
I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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