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"Are you going to open the door of the cage?..." by Honoré Daumier — VisualArtsDB

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"Are you going to open the door of the cage?..."

"Are you going to open the door of the cage?..."

"Are you going to open the door of the cage?..."

Honoré Daumier

1870

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

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french

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