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A Kiss of Circumstances, plate 50 from Actualités by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

A Kiss of Circumstances, plate 50 from Actualités

A Kiss of Circumstances, plate 50 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1867

Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 24.4 × 21.1 cm (9 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 27.9 cm (15 × 11 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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