HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Grand gueux va ! je voudrais t’y voir dans la bière! (You Tramp! I would like to see you drown in your beer), 1839-42, lithograph, [with initials in the plate], on wove paper (sur blanc), Plate number 48 from the series Moeurs Conjugales. Reference: Daumier Register 671, second state (of 3). Published in Le Charivari in 1842; this impression is presumably from the album published before the publication of the print in Le Charivari  (the sur blanc impressions are on a thicker wove paper, without the distraction of the lettering verso, created in a small limited [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), L’Ivrogne, lithograph, 1834 [with initials in the plate]. Reference: Daumier Register 189, second state (of 2), with letters verso but before/without text. As published in Charivari.  In generally good condition, trimmed rather closely and irregularly, edges browned, 10 7/8 x 8 3/4, the sheet 12 x 9 1/8 inches.
A good impression of this exceedingly rare print.
This is a Daumier print without an explanatory title, thus perhaps justifying my unabashedly quoting the various theories about the print as related by the Daumier Register: ” The title of this print might be: “The drunkard” or “Consequences of a [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Monsieur – Here’s Your Handkerchief, lithograph, 1842. Daumier Register 670, third state (of 3), sur blanc, plate 47 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, published in the album of that title and then in the journal Le Charivari. In good condition, a tear bottom edge margin, with margins, 12 x 8 1/2, the sheet 13 1/2 x 10 inches.
A very good impression, on sur blanc wove paper (from the small collector’s edition, without the letterpress verso as the print was issued in the large Le Charivari edition).
Here’s the translation from the indispensable Daumier Register (note: the soldier is [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Bonsoir Cherie, lithograph, 1839-42 [with the initials, title, lettering in the plate]. Reference: Delteil, Daumier Register 663, second state (of 3). Plate number 40 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, a sur blanc impression, on wove paper without the lettering verso, 11 1/2 x 8, the sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. In good condition, a tiny fox mark in image, remains of prior hining verso.
A very good impression of this evocative, yet humorous image.
This plate was included in the Album Moeurs Conjugales (1839-1942), and published in the journal Le Charivari in 1842.
Below is a translation of [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Madame Anastasie Boujot est de premiere force sue les meditations, lithograph, 1839-42 [with initials in the plate, addresses below]. Reference: Daumier Register 676, plate 53 from Moeurs Conjugales, published in Le Charivari 1842. Second state of 4, before publication in Le Charivari, a sur blanc impression, in very good condition, some tiny nicks left edge, 11 1/2 x 9, the sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/, archival matting.
A very rich impression of this early state, before publication, on cream wove paper as published in the limited collector’s edition (about 1-200 impresssions).
Dieter and Lilian Noack suggest in their [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), The Fireworks (Le Feu D’Artifice), lithograph, 1840. Reference: Daumier Register 656, second state (of three). Published initially in this state in Actualities as number 14 in this series; then later in state 3 in La Charivari. A sur blanc impression, in very good condition,  printed on a cream wove paper, 11 5/8 x 8, the sheet 13 3/4 x 10 inches, archival mounting.
A fine fresh impression of this night scene, with dark charcoal blacks contrasting with the light of the woman lower left and the father.
This sur blanc impression has no lettering verso; it is from the [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Les Envies de Madame, lithograph, c. 1839-42, plate 32 from the series Moeurs Conjugales. Reference: Daumier Register 655, second state (of 3). In good condition, sur blanc, 12 x 8 1/2, the sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/2.
A fine impression with the blacks particularly strong and fresh.
This is a sur blanc impression, produced especially for collectors in a limited edition; the paper is a cream wove, and there is no newprint verso as found in the journal impressions.
This print was first published in the journal La Caricature, then later it was selected for publication in La Charivari.
Here [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Un Dernier Toast,  lithograph, 1843. Reference: Daumier Register 1040, third state (of 4). With letters [signature in the stone]. From the Album Les Canotiers Parisiens, Plate number 18. With text this print appeared in the journal Le Charivari; it was also issued sur blanc (see below) by Pannier and Aubert. In good condition, slight staining outside of image lower left, 11 1/2 x 8, the sheet 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches.
A fine clear impression.
This is a sur blanc impression, printed in a small contemporaneous edition for collectors (probably 100-150 impressions only). [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Old Scoundrel! (or Old Villain, Vieux Scelerat!), lithograph, 1839 [with the initials, title, address in the plate]. Reference: Daumier Register 562, second state (of 3), before the address of Bauger, lower left. Published in Caricatures Provisoires, plate 4 from Types Parisiens. In good condition apart from being trimmed at the top just above the borderline and below the lettering, trimmed at the sides (well outside of the borderline) and below just below the lettering, the sheet 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches.
A very good clear impression of the relatively rare second state, with the faint lettering [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Les Mannequins Politiques, lithograph, 1834. Reference: Daumier Register 96, first state (of 2), on wove paper (no lettering verso).Published in La Caricature, 11/20/1834. In good condition, slight soiling at outer edges, with wide margins,  9 1/2 x 10 1/2, the sheet 10 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches.
Provenance:  ex Collection: Vouay, S. Mme (Lugt 2373c, with the red stamp lower right recto)
Here is the explanation of this print, and translation,  unabashedly taken verbatim from the invaluable online Daumier Register (with my continuing indebtedness and thanks to Lilian and Dieter Noack):
Two persons, the King and de Rigny (or Dupin?) [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), lithograph (Delteil 94), published in La Caricature (November 11, 1834),  [with the inscription, address, initials in the plate].
A very good impression of this early (1834) political print.
Louis-Phillipe is shown addressing 3 Republicans in the ruins of the prison at St. Michel (“Tres-bien! Tres-bien! Vous etes parfaitment conduites!”).
An impression of the only state,  on heavy white wove paper without the letterpress verso (as published and inserted in the journal).
The top margin is trimmed closely and roughly, outside the upper borderline but just abutting printing on top, otherwise with margins and in satisfactory condition, archival [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Le Bambillon (Red Mullet; or Le Barbillon entraîne la ligne, The Fish Pulls the Line), lithograph, 1840-41, [with initials in the plate]. Reference: Daumier Register 818, second state (of 2), with the letters, Plate 4 from LA PÊCHE, in the published form in Caricature, a sur blanc impression, in very good condition, with margins, on wove paper, 8 1/4 x 6 3/8, the sheet 14 x 9 1/2 inches, archival matting.
A fine clear impression.
This is a sur blanc impression, printed in a small contemporaneous edition for collectors (probably 100-150 impressions only). This [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Le Trepas du Caniche, lithograph, 1840. Reference: Delteil 651. Plate 28 from Moeurs Conjugales. [initialed in the plate, and with the inscription, name of publisher, seller.] Third state of three, after removal of the address of Aubert; a sur blanc impression (no newprint verso). On cream wove paper, pale light staining overall, tear upper right and bottom margins (not affecting image), light foxing verso, mounted in acid free mats, 10 x 8, the sheet 13 1/2 x 10 inches.
A very good impression.
The sur blanc impressions of this print were taken apart from the [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), She’s Gone (Ciel! apres trois mois…), lithograph, 1841, published in Le Charivari as plate 45 in the series Moeurs Conjugales. References: Delteil 668, Daumier Register 668, Delteil’s third state of three, DR’s fourth state of four. A sur blanc impression, without letterpress verso. [With the address, inscription, number, and initials of artist in the plate] In very good condition, with wide margins, 12 1/4 x 8, the sheet 14 x 11 inches, archival matting.
A fine clear and black good impression of this humourous print.
Loys Delteil did not identify this state of the [...]

Honore Daumier, The Pleasures of Fishing, lithograph, Plate 50 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, 1839-42. Reference: Daumier Register 673, Delteil 673. DR fourth state (of 4). A sur blanc impression (without newsprint verso) issued apart from the edition published in La Caricature. In very good condition, only slight traces of foxing.  With margins, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2, the sheet 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, matted.
A fine bright impression.
The sur blanc edition was made for collectors, published on a cream wove paper (the Caricature impressions are on a lighter paper, and the newsprint can [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Une Navigation Difficile, lithograph, 1843, plate 6 from the series Les Canotiers Parisiens [with the addresses, text, and Daumier's initials in the plate]. Reference: Daumier Register, Delteil 1028. Second state (of 3), on wove paper, sur blanc, with the address of Aubert; printed before the publication in the journal Le Charivari. In very good condition, 9 3/4 x 10 3/8, the sheet 10 x 13 1/2 inches, archival matting.
A fine strong impression, printed on a heavy wove paper, before the newsprint edition (sur blanc) for the collector’s edition, which was limited [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Jeune et Vielle Garde, 1848, lithograph. Plate 52 froma the series Tout ce que on Voudra; as published in the Album Comique. Reference: Daumier Register 1698, Delteil 1698. Second state of two, sur blanc (without the letterpress verso as it appeared in the journal Charivari). [with the initials hD and stone number 1267 in the plate]
In very good condition (with only a few fox marks mostly verso not affecting image, mounted on the left side), with margins, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2, the sheet 13 x 9 inches, matted with a window mat.
A [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Desperate Fisherman (or, There is No Accounting for Taste), lithograph, 1840 [with letters in the plate]. Reference: Daumier Register 817. A sur blanc impression, on cream wove paper, issued apart from the newsprint publication in Charivari (also issued in the Album Comique in 1842). In very good condition, with margins, 11 3/4 x 8, the sheet 13 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches, archival window matting.
A fine fresh impression of this classic fishing scene.
The sur blanc impressions were published in quite limited editions for collectors (typically 100 or so impressions), in this [...]

Honore Daumier 1808-1879), Ah Tu Trouves…, lithograph, 1841 [with initials in the plate, other annotation: Chez Aubert, gal. Véro-Dodat lower center Se vend chez Bauger & Cie Editeurs... lower right Imp. d'Aubert & Cie]. Reference: Daumier Register 661, second state (of 3), before the erasure of the address. Published in Le Charivari. Plate 38 from Moeurs Conjugales. In good condition, with margins (spotting in margins) 9 x 12, the sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches, archival matting.
A very good black sur blanc impression.  The sur blanc impressions were printed in a limited edition apart from [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879),  UNE DEMANDE EN SÉPARATION (A Divorce Case), lithograph, 1845. Reference: Daumier Register, second state (of 2, with letters [initials in the plate]), Plate 40 of Les Beaux Jours de la Vie, published in Le Charivari, 8 7/8 x 9 1/4, the sheet 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. In good condition, slight paper toning, horizontal fold.
A fine strong and clear impression of this iconic Daumier lawyer image, as published in Le Charivari, with the letterpress verso.
Here, as quoted from the Daumier Register is the translation:
Original Text: UNE DEMANDE EN SÉPARATION. – Mon [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Rue Transnonain, lithograph, 1834, Reference: Delteil 135, Daumier Register 135, only state. With full margins, 13 x 18 1/8, the sheet 14 3/8 x 21 inches. On wove paper, in very good condition apart from several nicks and two (repaired) tears bottom margin edge, a soft fold lower left margin corner, another fold (flattened) visible verso only. [With initials, addresses, title in the plate]
Provenance: Ruth Benedict (curator, National Gallery, Washington, DC)
ex Collection: James H. Lockhart (with mark verso, after Lugt)
ex Collection: Noack (with mark verso, after Lugt)
A brilliant impression of this great rarity, among [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879),  from La Pêche, lithograph, 1840 [with Signature h.D. lower left Chez Bauger, R.du Croissant 16 lower center Chez Aubert, gal.Véro-Dodat. lower right Imp. d'Aubert & Cie., in the plate]. Reference: Daumier Register 820, second state (of 2). This print appeared in La Caricature 2e série, nr. 36, and also Album Comique. On an ivory wove paper, in generally good condition, with margins (handling folds, writing on verso, soiling in margins, tiny loss lower left corner, browning toward edges, 11 3/4 x 7 1/2, the sheet 12 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches, archival window matting.
A fine impression sur blanc, [...]

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), TRÈS HAUTS ET TRÈS PUISSANS MOUTARDS ET MOUTARDES LÉGITIMES, lithograph, 1834. References: Daumier Register 132, Delteil 132. Only state. Published by L’Association Mensuelle.  [With extensive annotation including Daumier's initials in the plate; see below] With margins, 13 5/8 x 19 1/2, the sheet 14 1/8 x 21 inches. Now restored, with numerous (flattened) folds, repaired tears and nicks in the margins mostly where previously folded, evidence of prior foxing verso (now de-acidified); archival mounting with window mat.
A very good impression of this extremely rare, early, and politically important lithograph.
This lithograph was published [...]