Sale 10PT01 | Lot 23

Honore Daumier French, 1808-1879 Bust of Jean-Charles Persil (1785-1870), known as Le Scrupuleux Published by Ma...

Catalogue: European, American, Modern & Contemporary Art
Honore Daumier French, 1808-1879 Bust of Jean-Charles Persil (1785-1870), known as Le Scrupuleux Published by Ma...

Lot Details

Lot 23
Honore Daumier French, 1808-1879 Bust of Jean-Charles Persil (1785-1870), known as Le Scrupuleux Published by Ma...
French, 1808-1879
Bust of Jean-Charles Persil (1785-1870), known as 'Le Scrupuleux'
Published by Maurice Le Garrec 1927-1952, executed by the Barbedienne Foundry, numbered on the inside 23/25 and stamped on the back with Maurice Le Garrec's seal MLG and BRONZE
Bronze with brown patina
Height 7 5/8 inches (19.5 cm)

Provenance:
Sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, Collection Rene G.-D., June 14, 1966, lot 20

Literature:
Catalogue for the sale Collection Rene G.-D., Palais Galliera, Paris, 1966, lot 20, pl. XI

Modeled by Daumier from 1832-35.

Estate of Albert H. Gordon

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Sold for $13,750 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Minor dust and dirt amd some oxidation in crevasses. Drop of wax atop his head. Some irregularities in the surface of the patina.


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Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Sold for $13,750 (includes buyer's premium)

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European, American, Modern & Contemporary Art

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