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Porcelain Collectors. – Come on, Adelaide…. be reasonable… it’s already one o’clock and time to go to bed! – Adolphe, leave me alone… I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer… the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.
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Honoré Daumier

Porcelain Collectors. – Come on, Adelaide…. be reasonable… it’s already one o’clock and time to go to bed! – Adolphe, leave me alone… I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer… the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.

1855

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Porcelain Collectors. – Come on, Adelaide…. be reasonable… it’s already one o’clock and time to go to bed! – Adolphe, leave me alone… I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer… the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.

Honoré Daumier

Porcelain Collectors. – Come on, Adelaide…. be reasonable… it’s already one o’clock and time to go to bed! – Adolphe, leave me alone… I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer… the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.

Honoré Daumier

Porcelain Collectors. – Come on, Adelaide…. be reasonable… it’s already one o’clock and time to go to bed! – Adolphe, leave me alone… I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer… the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.

1855

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 241 x 251 mm. (9 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 148 from the series "Actualités"
Credit Line Bequest of Dr. Raymond D. Havens
Object Number 1955.197i

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
ROBERT MACAIRE BEFORE HIS JUDGES. VERY WELL! YES, GENTLEMEN, I WAS RATHER UNFORTUNATE AT THE ASSIZE COURT... BUT MISFORTUNE IS ALWAYS RESPECTABLE!... MOREOVER, IT’S TRUE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID, I'VE A HABIT OF SUBTRACTING MONEY, IT'S EASIER TO EXCUSE ME THAN SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE IT'S HARDER FOR ME TO RESIST MY WEAKNESS... AS FOR THE REST, I AM ACCUSED OF SELLING LEAD FOR GOLD? TWENTY WITNESSES SWEAR TO IT. VERY WELL! I DENY IT FORTY TIMES AND SINCE T
Honoré Daumier
Robert Macaire before his judges. Very well! Yes, gentlemen, I was rather unfortunate at the Assize Court... but misfortune is always respectable!... moreover, it’s true what has been said, I've a habit of subtracting money, it's easier to excuse me than someone else because it's harder for me to resist my weakness... as for the rest, I am accused of selling lead for gold? Twenty witnesses swear to it. Very well! I deny it forty times and since two denials are worth an avowal it's clear that you cannot find me guilty. (after this brilliant improvisation Robert Macaire is condemned with a maximum sentence).
1837
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
CLEANING ON THE STREET. - LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU CRETIN!! EVERY TIME I GO TO THE OFFICE I HAVE TO PASS BY HERE!... YOU HAVE ALREADY RUINED THREE SUITS, YOU THIEF!
Honoré Daumier
Cleaning on the Street. - Leave me alone, you cretin!! Every time I go to the office I have to pass by here!... you have already ruined three suits, you thief!
1839
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
DELIGHTED TO FIND HIMSELF ON SHOW, THE ORIGINAL TAKES HIS WIFE TO THE EXHIBITION, AND PLACES HER BEFORE HIS IMAGE TO ENJOY THE OPINION OF THE CROWD. - LOOK, SOME SAY, IT'S THE CHINESE COMMISSIONER LIN! - NO, OTHERS SAY, DON'T YOU SEE, IT'S NATURAL HISTORY! - IT'S... RESUMES ONE GENTLEMAN IN POSSESSION OF THE CATALOGUE, IT'S THE PORTRAIT OF MR. D..... INSURANCE BROKER: - OH WELL, WITH A BONCE LIKE THAT HE DOESN'T NEED TO INSURE HIMSELF, HE'LL NOT
Honoré Daumier
Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
1842
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
LION'S SHARE. CALM YOURSELVES, GENTLEMEN. WE'VE A HUNDRED LOUIS, EIGHTY OF THEM BELONG TO ME, EIGHTEEN TO MR. LE COMTE DE ST. BERTRAND, THAT LEAVES TWO FOR THE FIFTEEN OF YOU... IT'S STRANGE, THESE ETERNAL COMPLAINTS!! REALLY, IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE!... WHAT THE DEVIL, GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ALL HONEST MEN, SORT THINGS OUT BETWEEN YOURSELVES, SHARE THE TWO LOUIS BETWEEN YOU, LET’S NOT MAKE A SCANDAL!
Honoré Daumier
Lion's share. Calm yourselves, gentlemen. We've a hundred louis, eighty of them belong to me, eighteen to Mr. Le Comte de St. Bertrand, that leaves two for the fifteen of you... It's strange, these eternal complaints!! Really, it's just not possible to make such a mistake!... What the devil, gentlemen, we're all honest men, sort things out between yourselves, share the two louis between you, let’s not make a scandal!
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
IT'S ALREADY ELEVEN O'CLOCK... IF I DON'T CATCH ANYTHING I LEAVE IN THREE HOURS
Honoré Daumier
It's already eleven o'clock... if I don't catch anything I leave in three hours
1850
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
GET ME ANOTHER HEART THIS ONE'S BEEN BROKEN TOO MANY TIMES
Valerie Maynard
Get Me Another Heart This One's Been Broken Too Many Times
1995