Henry Loyrette, Professor Michael Pantazzi, Segolene Le Men, Edouard Papet, Dominique Lobstein, Michel Melot — Daumier, 1808-1879

Ottowa, National Gallery of Canada, 1999. Hardcover. Yellow boards with green lettering green matte dustjacket 599 pp.; 369 mostly color plates. Text is in English. A very nice copy, and wonderful book. Contents as follows: Plates from Le Boulevard and Souvenirs d'artistes -- Lithographs published under the Authoritarian Empire -- Collectors and art-lovers (the 1860s) -- The theatre (the 1860s) -- Public transport -- Lawyers (1865-1868) -- Men singing, relaxing, drinking .. -- Saltimbanques -- The last allegorical and political lithographs (1869-1871) -- Late works -- Don Quixote -- Chronology / Dominique Lobstein -- Collectors, dealers, and admirers / Dominique Lobstein with Catherine L. Blais. Essays. Situating Daumier / Henri Loyrette -- "Son rêve, en effet, a été la peinture" / Michael Pantazzi -- Daumier and printmaking / Ségolène Le Men -- "He also does sculpture / Édouard Papet -- Daumier, art, and politics / Michel Melot -- Catalogue. Daumier's beginnings -- Political caricature (1830-1835) -- Portrait-caricatures -- Men of the people -- Philipon versus Philippe -- Illustration, social caricature, and parody (1835-1848) -- The physiology of the bourgeoisie as depicted in the Charivari series -- Paintings from the 1840s -- 1848 and Second Republic -- Major projects and the salons of 1848-1852 -- Ratapoil -- Fugitives -- Quai d'Anjou -- Croquis d'artistes from the 1850s -- Paintings from the 1850s -- Molière and the theatre -- Lawyers (1861-1862) -- Plates from Le Boulevard and Souvenirs d'artistes -- Lithographs published under the Authoritarian Empire -- Collectors and art-lovers (the 1860s) -- The theatre (the 1860s) -- Public transport -- Lawyers (1865-1868) -- Men singing, relaxing, drinking .. -- Saltimbanques -- The last allegorical and political lithographs (1869-1871) -- Late works -- Don Quixote -- Appendices. Chronology / Dominique Lobstein -- Collectors, dealers, and admirers / Dominique Lobstein with Catherine L. Blais. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Ottawa, Canada: Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, June 11 to Sept. 6, 1999, two other dates. VG/VG .