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Identification and Creation
Object Number
1957.205
People
Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France
1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title
Two Singers
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Singing Couple / Le Couple
Chantant
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1850-c. 1860
Culture
French
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
framed: 84.5 x 74.3 x 10.2 cm (33 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 4 in.)
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Inscriptions and Marks
Signed: l.r.: h. D.
Provenance
Galerie Miethke, Vienna. Adolphe Kohner, Budapest (by
1910 - at least 1931). Mrs. Anthony F. Lucas(nee
Catherine Baroness Kohner) , Montreal, Canada. Mr. &
Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen, New York, gift; to Fogg Art
Museum, 1957.
Notes:
Painting was lent to 1931 Rosenberg and Co. exhibition
by Baron Kohner.
According to Thannhauser gallery records, Mrs. Lukas
consigned the painting to them and they returned it,
unsold, to her. Mrs. Lucas was once Catherine
Baronness Konner (sic) de Szaszberek.
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hazen
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
1957.205
Division
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European and American Art
Contact
[email protected]
Publication History
Erich Klossowski, Honoré Daumier, R. Piper (Munich,
Germany, 1908), p. 293 and pl. 123
Cicerone, [Unidentified Daumier monograph] (1911), p.
581
Fuchs, Der Maler Daumier, Albert Langer Verlag
(Munich, Germany, 1930), p. 47, no. 33
Grands Maitres du XIXe Siecle, exh. cat., Paul
Rosenberg and Co. (Paris, France, 1931), no. 21
Charles Sterling, ed., Daumier : peintures, aquarelles,
dessins, exh. cat., Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, France,
1934), p. 48, no. 10
Daumier: Paintings and Drawings, exh. cat., Arts
Council of Great Britain, London (London, England,
1961), under no. 47
The Arts of Man, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(Dallas, TX, 1962), repr. p. 51, no. 60
Highlights from the Collections of the Fogg Museum
and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, exh. cat., City Art
Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO, 1964), cat. 26
Romantics and Realists, exh. cat., Wildenstein &
Company (New York, NY, 1966), repr. in b/w no. 35
Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture from the Fogg Art
Museum, Harvard University, exh. cat., Yale University
Art Gallery (New Haven, CT, 1967)
Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Fogg Art
Museum , exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo,
NY, 1967), cat. 26
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Karl E. Maison, Honoré Daumier: Catalogue Raisonné of
the Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, New York
Graphic Society, Ltd (New York, NY, 1968), vol. I, p. 198,
no. II-29, plate 191, repr.
Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900
in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue
including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum ,
Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA,
1990), p. 104; repr. as no. 309
Judit Geskó and Péter Molnos, "Histoire des collections
d'oeuvres impressionnistes françaises en Hongrie",
Monet et ses Amis (Budapest, 2003), pp. 23 (visible in
photo), 25
"Education and Programs", Harvard University Art
Museums Annual Report (2005), pp. 42-52, p. 47, repr.
in b/w
Judit Geskó and Péter Molnos, "Vincent van Gogh's
Works in Hungary", Van Gogh in Budapest, Museum of
Fine Arts, Budapest (Budapest, 2006), ill. p. 144, on
reproduced on catalogue cover illustrated
Exhibition History
Exposition d'oeuvres importantes de grands maîtres
du dix-neuvième siècle Prêtées au profit de la Cité
Universitaire de l'Université de Paris, Galerie Paul
Rosenberg, Paris, 05/18/1931 - 06/27/1931
Daumier, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 01/01/1934 12/31/1934
The Arts of Man, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas,
10/06/1962 - 12/31/1962
Highlights from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum ,
City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 01/30/1964 03/01/1964
Romantics and Realists, Wildenstein Gallery, New York,
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New York, 04/07/1966 - 05/07/1966
Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Fogg Art
Museum , Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
05/08/1967 - 06/11/1967
Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture from the Fogg Art
Museum, Harvard University, Yale University Art
Gallery, New Haven, 10/12/1967 - 12/03/1967
This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff
but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently
revised and enhanced. For more information please
contact the Division of European and American Art at
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