Swann Galleries - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings - Sale 2422, September 22, 2016

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5 ● HONORÉ DAUMIER
Le Ventre Législatif .
Lithograph sur blanc, 1834. 280x434 mm;11x171/8 inches, wide margins. A proof, before
the folded edition published in L’Association Mensuelle, Paris.A very good, richly-inked
impression of this scarce, early chef d’oeuvre.
Daumier (1808-1879) was one of the leading draftsmen of controversial and highly critical
political caricatures that cleverly captured the political strife prevalent throughout France
in the 19th century. Born in Marseilles and raised in Paris, Daumier began studying art in
1822 under Alexandre Lenoir; thereafter he enrolled for a short time in the Académie