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A Practical Joke. Driver! Driver! Do you still have two seats in the rabbit section??
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Honoré Daumier

A Practical Joke. Driver! Driver! Do you still have two seats in the rabbit section??

1842

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A Practical Joke. Driver! Driver! Do you still have two seats in the rabbit section??

Honoré Daumier

A Practical Joke. Driver! Driver! Do you still have two seats in the rabbit section??

Honoré Daumier

A Practical Joke. Driver! Driver! Do you still have two seats in the rabbit section??

1842

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 214 × 259 mm. (8 7/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 24 from the series "Les Baigneurs"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.76

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
TWO OVERLY POLITE HUNTERS. - HOW IS MADAME COQUELET? - YOU ARE VERY KIND... - MADAME YOUR AUNT HOPEFULLY SUFFERS NO LONGER FROM THE COLD? - CURED COMPLETELY... - AND YOUR HEALTH IS STILL SATISFACTORY... ETC. ETC. (AT THE SAME TIME THE PARTRIDGES TOO ARE ENJOYING THE MOST FLOURISHING HEALTH).
Honoré Daumier
Two overly polite hunters. - How is Madame Coquelet? - You are very kind... - Madame your aunt hopefully suffers no longer from the cold? - Cured completely... - and your health is still satisfactory... etc. etc. (at the same time the partridges too are enjoying the most flourishing health).
1854
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
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
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
YOU SEE, BOURGEOIS, YOU ARE IN THE BEST AGE AND IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE, YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM TO STAY ABOVE THE WATER. THIS IS FLATTERING FOR YOUR INSTRUCTOR. TAKE A FEW LESSONS AND DRINK A GLASS OR TWO IN BETWEEN, YOU’LL SEE, IT WILL WORK WONDERS.
Honoré Daumier
You see, Bourgeois, you are in the best age and in such good shape, you will have no problem to stay above the water. This is flattering for your instructor. Take a few lessons and drink a glass or two in between, you’ll see, it will work wonders.
1839
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
STOCKHOLDERS' ASSEMBLY. GENTLEMEN, THE MONARCHIST NEWSPAPER WHICH I HAD THE HONOR OF FOUNDING WITH THE HELP OF YOUR CAPITAL AND MY ABILITIES SURPASSED MY WILDEST EXPECTATIONS AND HOPES… IT LIVED TWO MONTHS, DEVOURED ONLY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS, AND IN ORDER TO HAVE IT REAPPEAR ALL WE NEED IS A SMALL PAYMENT FROM YOUR SIDE… BERTRAND, SEE THE GENTLEMEN TO THE CASHIER.
Honoré Daumier
Stockholders' assembly. Gentlemen, the monarchist newspaper which I had the honor of founding with the help of your capital and my abilities surpassed my wildest expectations and hopes… it lived two months, devoured only three hundred thousand francs, and in order to have it reappear all we need is a small payment from your side… Bertrand, see the gentlemen to the cashier.
1836
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
TWO O'CLOCK. A SNACK FOR AZOR. WHAT CAN I DO, MY DEAR..... THIS POOR BEAST ONLY HAS ME, YOU HOWEVER, YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE WORLD!
Honoré Daumier
Two o'clock. A snack for Azor. What can I do, my dear..... this poor beast only has me, you however, you have the entire world!
1839
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
GREEK YOUTH AND MAIDEN (TWO LOVERS)
Anne Goldthwaite
Greek Youth and Maiden (Two Lovers)
c. 1928