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"You are on parole, explain that you are free!" by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

"You are on parole, explain that you are free!"

"You are on parole, explain that you are free!"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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

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Robert: “- Well, well! My dear director... how's business?” Bertrand: “- Good, very good, I am quite content. Unfortunately we don't have a penny to continue! - Oh blast! - But an investor still owes us 200,000 Francs... and will come up for signature either tonight or latest tomorrow morning. - About time... I urgently need a new pair of boots,” plate 6 from Robert Macaire

Robert: “- Well, well! My dear director... how's business?” Bertrand: “- Good, very good, I am quite content. Unfortunately we don't have a penny to continue! - Oh blast! - But an investor still owes us 200,000 Francs... and will come up for signature either tonight or latest tomorrow morning. - About time... I urgently need a new pair of boots,” plate 6 from Robert Macaire

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1841

"Hey!... You have a boa constrictor in your garden, too..."

"Hey!... You have a boa constrictor in your garden, too..."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

Robert Macaire, Journalist

Robert Macaire, Journalist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Pickhardt Vol. X: Charivari Lithographs by Daumier

Pickhardt Vol. X: Charivari Lithographs by Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

This is Where the Lecture of the Constitutionnel Might Take You, plate 8 from Pastorales

This is Where the Lecture of the Constitutionnel Might Take You, plate 8 from Pastorales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1845

“- Three months ago, the Count sat model like that.... nowadays there is no more similarity..... everything seems to be wrong,” plate 40 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

“- Three months ago, the Count sat model like that.... nowadays there is no more similarity..... everything seems to be wrong,” plate 40 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1848

The Fat Ox

The Fat Ox

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

"But my dear Gogo, you joke . . ."

"But my dear Gogo, you joke . . ."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois

A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

Mr. Benjamin Dudessert, plate 287 from Célébrités de la Caricature

Mr. Benjamin Dudessert, plate 287 from Célébrités de la Caricature

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1833

A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1864

The Return of the Oyster Season. “- I could eat twelve dozens of them… just imagine that there are people who don't like oysters… - They just have no self respect…,” plate 53 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

The Return of the Oyster Season. “- I could eat twelve dozens of them… just imagine that there are people who don't like oysters… - They just have no self respect…,” plate 53 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1845