3 - Honoré Daumier

Honoré Daumier (Marseille 1808 – 1879 Valmondois), Two caricatures on the theme of architects/architecture - “Robert Macaire architecte” (Robert Macaire as an Architect), 1837, lithograph on machine-made paper, sheet 41 of the “Caricaturiana” series published between August 1836 and November 1838 in the magazine “Le Charivari,” in which Daumier depicts the fictional character Robert Macaire—known from boulevard theater—in various professions as a cunning and deceitful fellow human being, in order to satirize the greed and corruption of 19th-century bourgeois society; here, Macaire, as an architect, explains to the indignant contractor that the costs of his construction projects have risen many times over despite all cost-cutting measures and savings; WVZ Delteil 395, 24.2 x 22.5 cm (paper size: 35.3 x 25 cm); the sheet was folded twice, in fresh condition, mounted on backing board and set under glass and a mat in a white anodized aluminum frame; overall size: 44 x 44 cm. - “Embellissemen(t)s de Paris: Les nouvelles fortifications de la Cour du Louvre” (The Beautification of Paris—The New Fortifications in the Courtyard of the Louvre), 1850, lithograph on machine-made paper, sheet 47 of the “Actualités” series, published on December 26, 1850, in the magazine “Le Charivari,” Daumier depicts Baron Haussmann (1809–1891), who would later be responsible for the urban renewal of Paris, inspecting construction work in the Cour du Louvre, which was to be secured with new defensive fortifications against a potentially rebellious population, WVZ Delteil 2049, 21.2 x 26 cm (paper size: 25.2 x 36.5 cm), paper slightly browned and stained, mounted on backing board and set under glass and a mat in a white anodized aluminum frame, overall size: 44 x 44 cm. Limit 162,-