HONOR� DAUMIER CORBLEU CATHERINE LITHOGRAPH W COA

HONOR� DAUMIER (FRENCH, 1808�1879) ORIGINAL STONE LITHOGRAPH ON NEWSPRINT (NEWS SHEET EDITION) FROM THE CELEBRATED SATIRICAL SERIES ACTUALIT�S (PLATE 194), PUBLISHED IN LE CHARIVARI (SEPTEMBER 18, 1867); PRINTED BY LITH. DESTOUCHES AND PUBLISHED BY A. DE VRESSE, PARIS INITIALED "H.D." AND NUMBERED "50" IN THE STONE LOWER IMAGE; TITLED AND INSCRIBED WITH PRINTER/PUBLISHER DETAILS IN THE LOWER MARGIN; PENCIL-ANNOTATED "18 SEPTEMBRE 67" LOWER RIGHT; ACCOMPANIED BY A SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM RENAISSANCE FINE ARTS (UNIVERSITY HTS., OHIO), DATED JULY 2, 1974 10 X 8.75 IN AT SIGHT 16.75 X 15.25 IN FRAMED HONOR� DAUMIER WAS A REVERED 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH CARICATURIST, PAINTER, AND SCULPTOR WHOSE FEROCIOUS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SATIRES CHRONICLED LIFE UNDER KING LOUIS-PHILIPPE AND THE SECOND EMPIRE. A MASTER OF THE LITHOGRAPHIC STONE, HE CONTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF WORKS TO SATIRICAL JOURNALS SUCH AS LE CHARIVARI AND LA CARICATURE, CEMENTING HIS REPUTATION AS ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST GRAPHIC ARTISTS.