Honoré Daumier, copy after - BUST OF KING LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE - image-1

Lot 1536 Rα

Honoré Daumier, copy after - BUST OF KING LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE

Auction 1020 - overview Cologne
16.11.2013, 00:00 - Ols Masters incl. The Rau Collection for UNICEF
Estimate: 30.000 € - 40.000 €
Result: 41.480 € (incl. premium)
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Honoré Daumier, copy after

BUST OF KING LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE

Bronze, Honoré Daumier (Nachguss Valsuani 4/10 um 1950) (GR 2.082)
Slightly 46 x 46 x 32 cm.

A bronze bust of King Louis XIV of France. Cast in the round, with patina. This bronze bust of the king of France was made by Daumier circa 1846/1850. This piece is signed "Daumier" to the edge of the right shoulder and the edition number "4/10" has been cast into the reverse of the plinth on the right, as well as the forger's stamp "CIRE C. VALSUANI PERDUE" to the left. Subsequent casts were made by Valsuani circa 1950.

Provenance

Sotheby´s, London, 30.11.1972, lot 33.
The Rau Collection for UNICEF

Literature

For the original and the subsequent casts, see: Maurice Gobin: Daumier Sculpteur (1808-1879), Geneva 1952, p. 58 & 288, no. 59, illus. 289ff. - Galerie Charles et André Bailly (ed.): Tableaux de Maitres, Paris 1990, p. 12, illus. 13.