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You must show pictures to man: reality annoys him! by Paul Gavarni — VisualArtsDB

You must show pictures to man: reality annoys him!

You must show pictures to man: reality annoys him!

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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