Honoré Daumier, “L'Artiste m'a représentée au moment où j'écris mon sombre volume …”, 1844

Honoré Daumier (aka Rogelin) (1808–1879)

“L'Artiste m'a représentée au moment où j'écris mon sombre volume …” (The artist captured me as I was writing my melancholic book …), 1844, Plate 23 (Stone No. 576), from the series of 40 lithographs, “Les Bas Bleus” (The Blue Stockings), published and printed in Paris by Aubert & Cie (c. 1830s–1880s), in “Le Charivari” (15^th April, 1844).

Lithograph on wove (newsprint) paper, printed on both recto and verso, backed by an archival support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.2 x 22.9 cm; (image borderline) 23.1 x 18.3 cm

Lettered above the image borderline: (centre) “LES BAS BLEUS.”; (right) “23.”

Inscribed in the stone within the image borderline: (lower right) “576/ h.D”.

Lettered below the image borderline: (left) “Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse 29”; (right) “Imp. d[']Aubert & C^ie.”

The caption below the image offers the following discussion:

“L'Artiste m'a représentée au moment ou j'écris mon sombre volume intitulé: ‘Vapeurs de mon âme!...’ l'œil n'est pas mal, mais le nez me semble pas suffisamment affligé!... (Le monsieur à part) - Oui... il n'est qu'affligeant...”

([transl.] The artist captured me as I was writing my melancholic book entitled "Sorrows of my soul." The eyes came out quite well but the nose is not sorrowful enough!... (Man, sotto voce) - Yes... it is just in a sorry state...)

DR Number 1243 (Daumier Register cat. no. 1243 [https://www.daumier-register.org/werkview.php?key=1243])

Context & Significance: This lithograph is part of Daumier’s Les Bas Bleus series—a satirical commentary on the “Blue Stockings,” a term often used derogatorily for women involved in the early women’s liberation movement of the mid-19th century.
In this particular image, a female writer laments her portrayal in a portrait before a male companion, highlighting societal perceptions of women striving for intellectual independence.

Condition: A well-printed impression with slight shine-through of printed text from the verso. The sheet is in excellent condition—clean, with no tears, stains, holes, or folds. It has been laid on an archival-quality millennium washi support for preservation and to provide wide margins for mounting.

Price & Shipping: AU$172 (approximately US$111.78 / €95.91 / £83.26), inclusive of worldwide express shipping.
Please note: Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

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Bernard-Romain Julien, “Study in White Crayon, No. 15”, 1845, after Louis Henri de Rudder

Bernard-Romain Julien (1802–1871)

“Study in White Crayon, No. 15” (aka “Étude au Crayon Blanc, No. 15”), 1845, after the design by the French painter and lithographer, Louis Henri de Rudder (1807-1881), plate 15 in Julien’s drawing course, “Cours de Dessin”, printed and published by Aubert & Cie (fl.c1830s–1880s) in Paris.

Crayon-manner lithograph printed in black and a blue-grey coloured ink on heavy wove paper, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 45 x 31.2 cm.

Inscribed in plate along lower edge: (left) “Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse.”; (centre) “ÉTUDE AU CRAYON BLANC, N^O. 15./ Lithographiée pa[r] Julien d’aprés Rudde[r].”; (right) “Imp. d’Aubert & C^ie.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression. The upper left corner has been restored (reattached), otherwise the sheet is in a good condition with no tears or significant stains.

I am selling this large and exceptionally beautiful lithograph by one of the most famous of 19^th century artists involved in creating academic studies for students to copy, for AU$235 (equivalent to approximately US$150.87, EUR 133.63, or GBP 113.51 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$235).

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Bernard-Romain Julien, “Study in White Crayon, No. 30”, 1845

Bernard-Romain Julien (1802–1871)

“Study in White Crayon, No. 30” (aka “Étude au Crayon Blanc, No. 30”), 1845, plate 30 in Julien’s drawing course, “Cours de Dessin”, printed and published by Aubert & Cie (fl.c1830s–1880s) in Paris.

Crayon-manner lithograph printed in black and buff/beige coloured ink on heavy wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 48.1 x 31.6 cm.

Inscribed in plate along lower edge: (left) “Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse.”; (centre) “ÉTUDE AU CRAYON BLANC, N^O. 30./ Lithographiée pa[r] Julien.”; (right) “Imp. d’Aubert & C^ie.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression. There is minor surface dustiness and a worm’s hole at lower right, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition with no tears or significant stains. There are soft pencil inscriptions from a previous collector recto and verso.

I am selling this large and exceptionally beautiful lithograph by one of the most famous of 19^th century artists involved in creating academic studies for students to copy, for AU$235 (equivalent to approximately US$150.52, EUR 132.26, or GBP 112.94 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$235).

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Honoré Daumier, “Sarrans Jeune”, 1848

Honoré Daumier (aka [pseudonym] Rogelin) (1808–1879)

“Sarrans Jeune”, 1848, lithograph printed and published in Paris in 1849 by Aubert & Cie (fl.c1830s–1880s), in “Le Charivari”, as plate 3 (as numbered above image at right) and plate 5 from the first sub-set series, “Album Les représentans représentés. 1ère série”, showing a caricature of Léon Bernard Sarrans (aka Bernard-Alexis) (1796–1874) who was famous at the time as a French politician, but also as a journalist and writer. The Daumier Register advises that Sarrans was “a publisher and friend of Louis-Napoléon. He spoke in [favour] of an active propaganda on behalf of the liberty of the people” (https://www.daumier-register.org/hintergrundlist_popup.php?key_m=).

Note that the date of this lithograph in 1848 is very significant, as this was the time of the February Revolution in France when Louis-Philippe I (1773–1850)—the last king to reign in France—was deposed and replaced by Napoleon III (aka Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (1808–1873) as the first president of France. Interestingly, Léon Bernard Sarrans wrote a two-volume history of this important period: “Histoire de la Révolution de février 1848”, published in 1850 when Napoleon III became Emperor of France until he too was deposed in 1870. (My apologies for any inaccuracies in my account of the tumultuous times in which Sarrans Jeune was perceived as an “enfant terrible” [see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarrans_jeune,_enfant_terrible.jpg].)

Regarding the series of lithographs, the Curator of the British Museum offers the following insights: “'Les représentans représentés', a series of 109 caricatures of French deputies, consists of two sets: the first one on the 'Assemblée Constituante', the second one on the 'Assemblée Legislative'. Each is numbered as a sequence of its own.

Plates from the first sub-set do not bear any title beside 'Les représentans représentés' while plates from the second sub-set do feature the 'Assemblée Législative' title” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1910-0324-17).

Size: (sheet) 32.8 x 21.1 cm; (image borderline) 25.6 x 19.5 cm.

Lettered above the image borderline: (centre) “LES REPRÉSENTANS REPRÉSENTÉS.”; (right) “3.”

Inscribed in the stone within the image borderline: (lower left) “h.D”; (lower right [the number of the stone]) “1352”.

Lettered below the image borderline: (left) “Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse, 29.”; (centre) “SARRANS JEUNE./ Ceci nous représente le plus jeune de tous les Sarrans connus. —élève distingué de la classe du petit père/ Marrast, Sarrans jeune est de première force sur la géographie et sur toutes les affaires étrangères. Il est/ facheux seulement que Sarrans jeune ait un léger défaut, c'est un certain entêtement: lorsqu'on lui demande/ son nom il s'obstine toujours à dire qu'il s'appelle Sarrans june, on n'a jamais su pourquoi.” [SARRANS YOUNG. Here we can see the youngest of all known Sarrans.... an outstanding scholar from the class of the father Marrast [Armand Marrast (1801-1852)], little Sarrans, and the first in geography and foreign affairs. It is somewhat annoying that Sarrans has a tiny flaw: Every time one asks him for his name, he insists on being called Sarrans June... nobody really understands why this is so.]; (right) “Imp.Aubert & Cie.”

State ii (of ii) with the addition of publication details.

DR Number 1800 (Daumier Register cat. no. 1800 [https://www.daumier-register.org/werkview.php?key=1800])

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression trimmed with a small margin and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. Beyond some marks towards the centre of the right edge, the sheet is in clean condition with no tears, holes or folds.

I am selling this fascinating caricature of a rebellious voice in French politics and later a key and important documenter of the February Revolution in France (1848) when this lithograph was executed—for AU$139 in total (currently US$93.53/ EUR84.39/GBP71.97 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$139) as this is my currency.

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Bernard-Romain Julien’s crayon-manner lithograph, “Étude au Crayon Blanc, No. 23 (Conquistador)”, c1845

Bernard-Romain Julien (1802–1871)

“Étude au Crayon Blanc, No. 23 (Conquistador)”, c1845 (based on the address of the publishers who were active in Place de la Bourse, Paris, in 1845), illustration (plate 23) to Julien’s drawing course, “Cours de Dessin”, printed and published by Aubert & Cie (fl.c1830s–1880s) in Paris.

Crayon-manner lithograph printed in black and white ink on a cool grey wove paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 48.2 x 31.4 cm.

Inscribed on plate: (lower left) “Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse.” (lower centre) “ÉTUDE AU CRAYON BLANC No. 23. / Lithographiée par Julien.”; (lower right) “Imp. d’Aubert & Cie.”

Condition: strong impression with full margins as published. Beyond a few dots and minor bumps to the edges, the sheet is in a good condition for its age with no tears, holes, abrasions, losses or significant stains.

I am selling this large and exceptionally beautiful (and rare!) crayon-manner lithograph by one of the most famous of 19^th century artists involved in creating academic studies for students to copy, for the total cost of AU$235 (currently US$181.10/EUR149.86/GBP133.33 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

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