Honoré Daumier
Three Men Laughing
c. 1865-1870
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, Sheet: 70 x 85 mm. (2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Saidie A. May in Honor of Blanche Adler
Object Number
1933.59.1
Is rendered form in a few expressive lines that seem to possess a life of their own. His interest in raw, sketch-like depictions, in movement and shifting atmospheric effects, made him a quintessentially modern artist, whose work was coveted by critics
and collectors alike.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Saidie A. May (1879-1951), Baltimore, c. 1930.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, "The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas," organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - Sept. 11, 2005.
Sona Johnston, BMA (Jacobs Gallery 3), "Honoré Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 19 November 2003 - 21 March 2004.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum's Collection," May 14-August 11, 1991.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Daumier and the Art of Caricature," November 7, 1989-January 14, 1990.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, ''Sketches and Sketchbook Pages'', April 25-June 25, 1978.
Sona Johnston, BMA (Jacobs Gallery 3), "Honoré Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 19 November 2003 - 21 March 2004.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum's Collection," May 14-August 11, 1991.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Daumier and the Art of Caricature," November 7, 1989-January 14, 1990.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, ''Sketches and Sketchbook Pages'', April 25-June 25, 1978.
George Boas, '"The Aesthetics of French Romantic Painting,' "The Baltimore Museum of Art Annual IV: Studies in Honor of Gertrude Rosenthal, Part Two, 1972, p. 59, fig. 2.
Roger Passeron, "Daumier," New York, 1979, ill. p. 203, fig. 139.
Inscribed: lower left in black ink: "HD"
