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Honoré Daumier

Oh! It is as if we were there: the tall one opens her corset and the little one is looking for a flea!

1839

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Honoré Daumier

Oh! It is as if we were there: the tall one opens her corset and the little one is looking for a flea!

1839

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 235 × 335 mm. (9 1/4 × 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number 1989.712
Published in Le Charivari, July 12, 1840, and in Le Figaro, July 30, 1840.

Inscribed: FACE (in image): TE, 'TYPES PARISIENS.'; below image, 'Oh! absolument comme si on y était, la grande ôte son corset, et la petite cherche une puce.'; (in graphite): along r.e., 'D583 15-530 CK $7.50' VERSO: clean of inscriptions

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Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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