Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) published more than 4000 lithographs in his career as a newspaper cartoonist. Les Gens de Justice (Gentlemen of the Court or Lawyers and Judges) was a series done for Le Charivari newspaper from 1845-48. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR LITHOGRAPHS IN THIS SERIES LEFT UNPUBLISHED

In 1966 André Sauret published this series of photolithographs using the most prestigious lithographic printer in France, Mourlot Freres. Mourlot, a firm which was founded in 1852, under the hand of Fernand Mourlot began printing the lithographs of the most modern artists - Matisse, Miro, Chagall and after 1945, Picasso. In 1967 (until 1999) the firm moved to New York.

Borrowing a pristine set of the original lithographs Mourlot in 1966 created these exceptional reproductive lithographs, in many ways superior to the originals (which were printed on newsprint with type on the reverse of the page). These are not offset lithographs which show a screen effect under magnification. Techniques like those used by Mourlot used to be called photolithograhy to distinguish the reproductions from photogravure.

I have an almost complete set of the 1966 Mourlot lithographs. Sheet size is 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Image size is approx 9 x 7 inches. "Imp (printed) Mourlot Freres" is printed below the image. My scanner is a bit small for the full sheet. Excellent condition printed on heavy paper.

THIS IS ONE OF FOUR LITHOGRAPHS LEFT UNPUBLISHED - this was the first careful reproduction of these four prints. You can add your own caption. My suggestion - "I guess he won his first case."