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Honoré Daumier (1808, Marseille – Valmondois, Val-d'Oise, 1879), 6 plates, from: *Proverbes et Maximes*. Lithographs on wove paper. (1840). Sheet sizes: from approximately 33.6 x 25.4 cm to 34 x 26.6 cm. Each is initialed in the stone within the image in the lower left, with the publication addresses in the lower center and lower right. Delteil 803, 805, 804, 807, 811, and 813, second state. Provenance: Otto Gerstenberg (1848–1935), Berlin, with his collector’s stamp on the reverse (Lugt 2785), on Delteil 804, 807, 811, and 813. 6 plates from a series of 12. Superb impressions from this rare series of lithographs on Velin blanc, numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 11 in the upper right corner. Comprising: “Ventre affamé n’a pas d’oreilles”; “One is never better served than by oneself”; “Patience is the virtue of donkeys”; “Welcome to the one who brings”; “Whoever loves Bertrand loves his dog”; and “One takes back what is one’s own wherever one finds it.” Printed prior to their publication in “Le Charivari,” between June and October 1840. – With wide margins. With minor handling marks and occasional staining; verso with remnants of previous mounting. Otherwise in very good condition. Taxation: subject to differential taxation (VAT: Margin Scheme).
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