Daumier, Honoré (Marseille 1808 – Valmondois 1879). Square Napoléon. The setting sun over the field of the dead of blvd. Monmartre, Cayenne and Lambessa up to Sédan. Lithograph. (1870-71.) Monogrammed, otherwise as above. 22.8 x 18 cm.
Delteil 3824, III (of 3) with ills. of this state. – Careful impression on better paper without the text on the back and the “Actualité” series title.
Worked in the great style of the final years, omitting all material and “accusing the wrong of the war in symbolic figures only” (Glaser).
Offer no. 6,448 / EUR 343. / export price EUR 326. (c. US$ 444.) + shipping
Also see “To the War of 1870-71”, Daumier’s great work of reconciliation
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(Herr W. S., 16. Februar 2009)