A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso), Honoré Daumier, 1825–79

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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. ( 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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