Hst Daumier Honored Lawyer Justice Caricature Cartoonist Realism Social Judge

Honoré daumier (1808 - 1879) the lawyer and his client. Work referenced on the "daumier register". Beautiful oil on canvas depicting a lawyer wearing his robe and wearing his chef's hat next to his client. In the microcosm of the palace, daumier examines the pantomime of gestures and expressions and brings to light a particular theatricality based on the contrast between attitudes and the relation of the figure to space. If on one of the lithographs, daumier shows us the lawyer blowing a few words in the ear of his client, here we observe the lawyer split over writings.

The similarity with another table of daumier entitled "the solicitor" around 1855 is striking. Like here, the lawyer, represented in profile, reads a document (the placet) of olive green color.

The difference is that the customer does not appear in this work. Here, the client, his face tense and turned towards his defender, observes him half prostrate with worry. According to the auction catalog drouot paris from 1966, this painting was awarded to honored daumier on the basis of a certificate of authenticity of mm. Unfortunately not having this certificate, it is sold as a school of daumier. The oil on canvas was formerly mounted on a wooden panel reinforced with parquet. She is in beautiful condition. Panel dimensions: 62 x 50 cm. Frame dimensions: 81.5 x 69.5 cm. The item "hst daumier honored lawyer justice caricature cartoonist realism social judge" is on sale since Tuesday 2 April 2019. It is in the category "art, antiques \ art of the nineteenth and before \ paintings, enamels". The seller is "lesartssurlatoile" and is located at / in saint-loup sur thouet. This item can be shipped to the following country:

artistic current: french school
type: oil
genre: realism
features: box
theme: genre scene