The Displeasure of a Sculpture Placed in the Middle of an Exhibition of Paintings, plate 5 from Salon De 1857, 1857
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
A Reception. “Gentlemen..... let's drink to the health of the French sailors in general and to the new teammate Greluchon in particular!.... and while waiting for his baptism by fire, we'll give him in the meantime one with water,” plate 10 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from Les Amis, 1845
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- Tell me, my good man, is this the buffet?... it looks quite appetizing to me, I wouldn't mind having something....,” plate 19 from L'exposition Universelle, 1855
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles..... here are two Francs.... but put in properly my name and address in your newspaper, Rigolard - Philanthropist, stationer at rue St. Honoré 345, offering clocks and statues by Dantan, Bohemian glass, English riding sticks, German chemical matches and generally everything that does not really concern this matter,” plate 6 from Les Philantropes Du Jour, 1844
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“Sir . . . Sir . . . Siiir . . . Christ, it’s annoying to have the runs when the supervisor is supervising!,” plate 13 from Professors and Rascals, 1846
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Mr. Vieux-Niais, plate 278 from Célébrités de la Caricature, 1833
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
The mother of Eros (not to be confounded with Venus), plate 10 from Croquis Dramatiques, 1857
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- In my opinion: as long as there are Indians populating India... - But what do you want to replace them with?… - With Auvergnats… they settle everywhere!,” plate 451 from Actualités, 1857
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Friendship With a Great Chemist is Not Always a Godsend… “I am so sure of my findings that I will now poison my best friend, Mr. Coquardeau, and I will retrieve arsenic in his eyeglasses,” plate 39 from Émotions Parisiennes, 1841
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- So we have stolen the balloon of Mr. Green?,” plate 31 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra, 1848
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Catholic society of baptism established for all the drunkards of Paris. (Article 1) From Rouen to Bercy the Seine will be transformed into the River Jordan. "In the name of the great society Mélange, Macaire & Co. I baptise you 'old Macon', grand cru of the year of the comet, and the public will stand in line for it," plate 48 from Revue Caricaturale, 1843
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Result of the Demolishing of Buildings in Paris. “- After all, this is where I used to live.... and I can't even find my wife anymore,” plate 55 from Actualités, 1852
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Le monsieur qui ricane, Modeled probably after 1860, cast 1930s–1960s
Style of Honoré Victorin Daumier
“- 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, 1845
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- That's quite alright... isn't asphalt a marvellous invention?,” plate 1 from Paris L'hiver, 1856
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- Well, are you finally finished?... after all it's tiring to relax for such a long time,” plate 1 from Les Artistes A La Campagne, 1865
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
The day of the great parade, plate 6 from Les Papas, 1847
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“So this is what's called following the stream of life..... to be compelled to march lockstep with such a fool!,” plate 52 from Moeurs Conjugales, 1842
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Indian Pipes, 1946
Victoria Hutson Huntley