Friday, October 16, 2015

1,230 works by Daumier added to National Gallery of Art

The majority of works in this second round of acquisitions, voted on Oct. 1 and announced Thursday, are lithographs by the prolific 19th century Frenchman Honoré Daumier. The museum accepted 1,230 works by Daumier, including a large work from 1834 titled "Le Ventre Legislatif."

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Honoré Daumier's "Le Défenseur (Council for the Defense)," c. 1862-1865. (National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection))



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