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Gold Is a Chimera by Honoré Daumier — VisualArtsDB

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Gold Is a Chimera

Gold Is a Chimera

Gold Is a Chimera

Honoré Daumier

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

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Honoré Daumier, 1849

“- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!,” plate 10 from Vulgarités

“- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!,” plate 10 from Vulgarités

Honoré Daumier, 1841

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Trust me! Take my arm...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

“- My graft of a cherry slip on an apricot tree really didn't take.... strange, ... after all, I followed exactly the instructions in the 'Manual of Useful Knowledge,'” plate 7 from Pastorales

“- My graft of a cherry slip on an apricot tree really didn't take.... strange, ... after all, I followed exactly the instructions in the 'Manual of Useful Knowledge,'” plate 7 from Pastorales

Honoré Daumier, 1845

Les russes encourageant l'agriculture

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Honoré Daumier, 1854

Un Jeune homme qui est l'espoir... de la famille Badinguet

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Honoré Daumier, 1846

"It's so nice like that, Dodore...with a bit of primping, it's no longer the same child!"

"It's so nice like that, Dodore...with a bit of primping, it's no longer the same child!"

Honoré Daumier, 1847

“- Mister butcher, I wish you a happy and healthy New Year… - What? This is going to be a nice one, this 1858… every grocer around the corner will be able to sell my mutton!…,” plate 481 from Actualités

“- Mister butcher, I wish you a happy and healthy New Year… - What? This is going to be a nice one, this 1858… every grocer around the corner will be able to sell my mutton!…,” plate 481 from Actualités

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Quand des femmes savent avoir ...

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Honoré Daumier, 1852

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Honoré Daumier, 1864

Conducteur ... j'avais pris vos messageries ...

Conducteur ... j'avais pris vos messageries ...

Honoré Daumier, 1852