A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso), 1825–79, Watercolor over black chalk, with pen and ink, brush and wash, and litho crayon., 13 5/16 x 10 5/8 in. (33.8 x 27cm), Drawings, Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois), After Daumier's death, this drawing came into the hands of the Paris art dealers Boussod & Valadon, where Vincent Van Gogh's brother, Theo, worked. Vincent seems to have recalled seeing it, writing to his brother on October 22, 1882: 'I remember very well being most impressed by a drawing of Daumier's: an old man under the chestnut trees in the Champs Elysées
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Man Reading, Garden, recto, Preliminary sketch, verso, 1825–79, Watercolor, black chalk, pen, ink, brush, wash, litho crayon, 13 5/16 x 10 5/8, 33.8 27cm, Drawings, Honoré Daumier, French, Marseilles, 1808–1879, Valmondois, Daumier, death, drawing came, hands, Paris art, dealers, Boussod, &, Valadon, Vincent Van, Gogh, brother, Theo, worked, seems, recalled seeing, writing, October 22, 1882, I remember, well, impressed, drawing, old man, under, chestnut trees, Champs Elysées
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