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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.
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Honoré 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.

1845

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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.

Honoré 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.

Honoré 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.

1845

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 238 × 181 mm. (9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 5 from the series "Les Amis"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.105

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
A NICE PUN. - DO YOU HAVE THE SIX, GENERAL? - JUST YOU WAIT , BARON I'LL MAKE YOU LOOSE YOUR PANTS, WHICH WOULD SERVE YOU RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT... HI, HI, HI
Honoré Daumier
A Nice Pun. - Do you have the six, General? - Just you wait , Baron I'll make you loose your pants, which would serve you right in this moment... hi, hi, hi
1842
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
A NICE PUN. - DO YOU HAVE THE SIX, GENERAL? - JUST YOU WAIT , BARON I'LL MAKE YOU LOOSE YOUR PANTS, WHICH WOULD SERVE YOU RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT... HI, HI, HI
Honoré Daumier
A Nice Pun. - Do you have the six, General? - Just you wait , Baron I'll make you loose your pants, which would serve you right in this moment... hi, hi, hi
1842
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
YES MY UNCLE, MY VIRTUOUS UNCLE, I WAS A SPENDTHRIFT, GAMBLER, SEDUCER, I HAD MANY FAULTS, IN A WORD I WAS FRIVOLOUS... BUT YOU'RE ILL, VERY ILL, THE DOCTORS HAVE ABANDONED YOU... I'VE COME TO AID YOU, TO FALL AT YOUR FEET, I'LL SWEAR... ANYTHING YOU LIKE... I'LL ONLY LEAVE YOU AT DEATH, MY KIND UNCLE, MY SO EXCELLENT UNCLE! LET'S EMBRACE AND PUT AN END TO IT. (MACAIRE, SOLE INHERITOR, HAS HIS DEAR UNCLE THROWN INTO A COMMON PIT).
Honoré Daumier
Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
A LANDLORD. - OH! MR. DE MACAIRE, YOU WOULDN'T TURN US OUT INTO THE STREET JUST FOR BEING A MISERABLE QUARTER LATE WITH OUR RENT... - WHERE ELSE SHOULD I PUT YOU, BY DEVIL? - BUT WE'VE SPENT 30'000FR. IN YOUR SHOP!... - THAT'S ANOTHER REASON, IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME... - AND MY FOUR POOR SMALL CHILDREN?... - WHAT THE HEAVENS IS THAT TO DO WITH ME. I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO HAVE THEM!...
Honoré Daumier
A Landlord. - Oh! Mr. de Macaire, you wouldn't turn us out into the street just for being a miserable quarter late with our rent... - Where else should I put you, by devil? - But we've spent 30'000Fr. in your shop!... - That's another reason, it all comes back to me... - And my four poor small children?... - What the heavens is that to do with me. I didn't ask you to have them!...
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
THE CHEVALIER DES ADRETS IS THE LOVER OF A WOMAN OF THE WORLD. HE IS AMIABLE AND FERVENT, HE PRETENDS TO BE PASSIONATE AND DEVOTED... ONE DAY, AN ALLEGED BAILIFF AND AN ALLEGED BILL OF EXCHANGE FALL LIKE A CLAP OF THUNDER INTO THE MIDST OF THE MOST TENDER EFFUSION OF FEELING... "OH! MY GOD!! THE BARON DE WORMSPIRE, A SO-CALLED FRIEND, HAS HAD THE IMPUDENCE TO HAVE ME THROWN INTO PRISON... HE'S RUINED MY GOOD FORTUNE, SEPARATED ME FROM WHAT I LOVE
Honoré Daumier
The Chevalier des Adrets is the lover of a woman of the world. He is amiable and fervent, he pretends to be passionate and devoted... one day, an alleged bailiff and an alleged bill of exchange fall like a clap of thunder into the midst of the most tender effusion of feeling... "Oh! My God!! The Baron de Wormspire, a so-called friend, has had the impudence to have me thrown into prison... He's ruined my good fortune, separated me from what I love! Oh! Friends!! What are friends?... There's no such thing as a friend!!!..." The poor woman, poor dupe, casts off her jewels, gives him everything she can, borrows, ruins herself, only to discover too late that her knight is only a knight of industry, a right Robert Macaire.
1838
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, I AM GOING TO DINE. ... BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU HAD YOUR DINNER ALREADY? - NO, NOT YET. - WELL, WELL, I'LL HAVE MINE BEFORE YOU THEN. GOODBYE.
Honoré Daumier and Charivari
You have to excuse me, I am going to dine. ... by the way, have you had your dinner already? - no, not yet. - Well, well, I'll have mine before you then. Goodbye.
1852