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I’m just wondering who might have been the joker who insisted that man was at the pinnacle of creation
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Honoré Daumier

I’m just wondering who might have been the joker who insisted that man was at the pinnacle of creation

1865

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I’m just wondering who might have been the joker who insisted that man was at the pinnacle of creation

Honoré Daumier

I’m just wondering who might have been the joker who insisted that man was at the pinnacle of creation

Honoré Daumier

I’m just wondering who might have been the joker who insisted that man was at the pinnacle of creation

1865

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 257 × 211 mm. (10 1/8 × 8 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 3 from the series "Croquis d'été"
Credit Line Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection
Object Number 1963.313.59

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY. - LISTEN WOMAN... THEY HAVE TOLD US NOT TO DISTURB THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING. - WHAT DO YOU MEAN WORKING... THEY ARE JUST FEIGNING TO BE WORKING... IN REALITY THEY AREN'T MOVING AT ALL! --- VISITORS FROM THE PROVINCE WHO INSIST ON OVERLOOKING PARIS FROM THE TOP OF THE JULY COLUMN, CONVINCED THAT THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 WAS ONLY MADE IN ORDER TO HAVE A PRETEXT TO BUILD AN OBSERVATORY ON THE PLACE
Honoré Daumier
A visit to the Library. - Listen woman... they have told us not to disturb the people sitting here, because they are working. - What do you mean working... they are just feigning to be working... in reality they aren't moving at all! --- Visitors from the province who insist on overlooking Paris from the top of the July Column, convinced that the revolution of 1830 was only made in order to have a pretext to build an observatory on the Place de la Bastille.
1853
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
A GOOD HUSBAND. - A TOTAL OF 27 FR. 50 CTS. - VERY GOOD. TAKE THE BILL TO MY WIFE WHO'LL PAY YOU... - (THIS RIGHT BEGGAR MACAIRE ISN'T HALF CONTENT TO HAVE A WIFE TO PAY HIS DEBTS!)... - YES, I'VE AN EXCELLENT WIFE WHO WORKS LIKE A SLAVE, DEPRIVES HERSELF OF EVERYTHING, WHO SACRIFICES HER LIFE FOR ME... A WIFE WHO ADORES ME. BUT I'M NOT UNGRATEFUL. SHE ALREADY HAS EIGHT CHILDREN AND I'D LIKE HER TO HAVE TWELVE... - (BERTRAND) THERE'S A HAPPY WOMA
Honoré Daumier
A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
1837
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
A MAN WHOSE AFFAIRS HAVE GONE AWRY
Honoré Daumier, Bauger, and others
A man whose affairs have gone awry
1841
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
PALENQUE DE LOS MOROS HECHO CON BURROS PARA DEFENDERSE DEL TORO EMBOLADO (THE MOORS USE DONKEYS AS A BARRIER TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THE BULL WHOSE HORNS HAVE BEEN TIPPED WITH BALLS)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado (The Moors use Donkeys as a Barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls)
1816
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
DAMNED LANDLORD!... YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL MY TROUBLES. IT WAS YOU WHO INSISTED TO BE PORTRAYED BY ME TO COVER THE OUTSTANDING RENT.... NOW THE JURY HAS REJECTED MY PAINTINGS SAYING THEY WERE JUST TOO UGLY! I AM SURE IT WASN'T MY WORK THEY FOUND TO BE HORRIBLE.... IT WAS YOUR FACE!
Honoré Daumier
Damned landlord!... You are the source of all my troubles. It was you who insisted to be portrayed by me to cover the outstanding rent.... now the jury has rejected my paintings saying they were just too ugly! I am sure it wasn't my work they found to be horrible.... it was your face!
1859
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
YOU MUST ADMIT THAT IT IS A BIT BORING, MONSIEUR LOUSTALOT, TO STAND LIKE THIS ALL DAY WITH YOUR ARMS UP LIKE THAT HOLDING THE SIGNAL-FLAG?... - YOU ARE TELLING ME!.. AND I'M SO STUFFED UP WITH A COLD! I NEEDED TO BLOW MY NOSE FOR THE PAST 45 MINUTES..... BUT I DON'T DARE .... IT MIGHT ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF THE TRAIN.... I'LL ASK THE NEXT PASSENGER WHO HAPPENS TO PASS BY TO DO ME THIS FAVOUR.
Honoré Daumier
You must admit that it is a bit boring, Monsieur Loustalot, to stand like this all day with your arms up like that holding the signal-flag?... - You are telling me!.. and I'm so stuffed up with a cold! I needed to blow my nose for the past 45 minutes..... but I don't dare .... it might endanger the safety of the train.... I'll ask the next passenger who happens to pass by to do me this favour.
1843