Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Sire! Lisbon has been captured. - aaaah!!... and I dreamt that I had fought courageously!,” plate 304, 1833

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.4 × 23.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885260

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mr. Baill.., plate 312 from Célébrités de la Caricature, 1833

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

28.3 × 19.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206741

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mr. Prune, plate 288 from Célébrités de la Caricature, 1833

Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

26.5 × 18.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-203529

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Legislative belly. View of the ministerial benches in the Improstituted House of 1834, plate 18 from L’Association mensuelle, 1834

Lithograph in black on grayish China paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

27.8 × 42.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1119945

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Past, the Present, the Future, plate 349, 1834

Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

21.6 × 19.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-884179

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"From your obedient subjects receive on your day of honor these two modest bunches of flowers. They will make you rejoice, since the people of France alone has taken over the costs," plate 486, 1835

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.7 × 27.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1140149

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Fair Reward Presented in 1800 by the Un-Prudish Savages of North America to Louis-Philippe of Orléans, surgeon and expatriate, but still a Frenchman. (I salute you, gracious Black Lady, the Lord is with you.) A Namaquan Ave Maria, plate 466, 1835

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

20.2 × 26.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206037

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Fair Reward Presented in 1800 by the Un-Prudish Savages of North America to Louis-Philippe of Orléans, surgeon and expatriate, but still a Frenchman. (I salute you, gracious Black Lady, the Lord is with you.) A Namaquan Ave Maria, plate 466, 1835

Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

20.3 × 26.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108845

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Malbroug s'en va-t-en Guerre..., 1835

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25 × 20.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-883930

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mr. Choiseul, (called le Duc), plate 502, 1835

Lithograph in black on white wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

23.9 × 14.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-194753

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Temptation, plate 453, 1835

Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

21.9 × 27.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206003

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Candidate. “Who do you want?... An upright, conscientious, sober man, an industrialist, a man who doesn't need the government to enrich himself, a man familiar with the law, who knows it well, through practice, very long practice... a long practice of law... you can't choose any better than... my…, 1837

Hand-colored lithograph in black, heightened with gum arabic on ivory wove paper

36 × 27 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114909

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"It fits you like a glove!," plate 34 from Types Parisiens, 1839

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19.6 × 25.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885137

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“It's important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it's a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he'll learn it… he is still young!,” plate 5 from Les Baigneurs, 1839

Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso

20.2 × 27.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108840

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“You Sniff the Merchandise… Before Buying It,” plate 32 from Types Parisiens, 1839

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

16.7 × 22.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-884969

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Sense of Hearing. “- Wake up Nini!.... I have been calling her for more than an hour, and she always replies: yes Adolphe. But neither the child's name nor mine is Adolphe!,” plate 41 from Types Parisiens, 1839

Lithograph in black on white wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper

19.6 × 22.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1117435

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Alright, alright, I'm coming - one would think the house was on fire! - Enough about your fire!... I'm freezing. For two hours I've been pounding on the door. -(aside) that will teach you next time, not to give a tip!,” plate 32 from Émotions Parisiens, 1840

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

23.2 × 19 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-203600

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that Bézuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insists that her good-for-nothing daughter who is fat…, 1840

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19.1 × 23.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-883925

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Well yes, it's true, the daughter of Mame Chopin got married yesterday with the son of Durand. I just talked to the young man and from what he told me (in full confidence), she must have had some strange ones before him…,” plate 6 from Les Parisiens, 1840

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

22.6 × 19.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115144

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- What a fuss this sour-face from the fifth floor is making! Wearing a hat just to buy two cups of milk for one sou! - Oh, Madame Capitaine, aren't we fancy today...,” plate 36 Types Parisiens, 1840

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

16.9 × 21.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-191963

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Poor young man! Just one more letter and his moral situation would become perfectly clear, plate 1 from Sentimens Et Passionsa, 1840

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

19.7 × 20.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115044

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Cotton Gown Falls, Man Remains, and the Calf Fades (J.B. Rousseau), plate 10 from Coquetterie, 1840

Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

22.6 × 18.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114950

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Robert: “- Well, well! My dear director... how's business?” Bertrand: “- Good, very good, I am quite content. Unfortunately we don't have a penny to continue! - Oh blast! - But an investor still owes us 200,000 Francs... and will come up for signature either tonight or latest tomorrow morning. - Ab…, 1841

Lithograph, with watercolor, heightened with gum arabic on ivory wove paper

35.7 × 27.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108861

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“So this is what's called following the stream of life..... to be compelled to march lockstep with such a fool!,” plate 52 from Moeurs Conjugales, 1842

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.2 × 21.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108844

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Confession Of Faith. “Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens. I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation wasn't ready for this yet,” plate 23 from Les Ba…, 1842

Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on white wove paper, with letterpress verso

20.2 × 23.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108860

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Practical Joke. "Driver! Driver! Do you still have two seats in the rabbit section??,” plate 24 from Les Baigneurs, 1842

Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on white wove paper, with letterpress verso

21.3 × 25.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108829

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Geogaphic Scarves. "Look Dodolphe, this is really the last sacrifice I'll do for your education... if you still don't get your geography right, it means you are completely clogged up... this time I'll stick your nose into it. To start with, you'll just need to make sure during the first day to only…, 1842

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

19.2 × 22.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108862

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Jayotype. "- Mr. Jay: The gentleman is married? - The gentleman: Certainly, but how the devil did you know that? - Mr. Jay: Oh, its that this instrument is perfect, that no curve of the head, no bump on the forehead can escape it. - The gentleman: How ingenious!," plate 60 from Moeurs Conjugales, 1842

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.1 × 22.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-204318

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Poster Man, plate 17 from Bohémiens de Paris, 1842

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

25.4 × 18.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114824

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- It really shouldn't be allowed to return from Bercy in a state like this.... an established man like you.... I am so unhappy, my God! - What's wrong?...after all, I like the water.... am I not allowed to like the water anymore?,” plate 4 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

23.6 × 18.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115067

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad, 1843

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

19.3 × 26 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108839

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- You see, my friend Durand.... there are only two important components of happiness for a man: water and wine... but they must never be mixed, otherwise they lose their charm. - Quite right, Cabassol.... let's drink another glass of wine in honour of water!,” plate 12 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.4 × 20.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115132

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Man Saved Against his Will, plate seven from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843

Lithograph in black, with additions in pen and brown ink (discolored to grayish brown) and caption in pen and brown ink, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

25.2 × 19 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114916

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Man Saved Against His Will. “- But I am telling you that I know how to swim and I could have pulled myself out of the water without the help of this gentleman! - That makes no difference.... the law is quite clear... you must pay 25 Francs to your rescuer.... for example, if you had been dead, yo…, 1843

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

25.8 × 19.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115145

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A New Way to Float Down the River of Life, plate three from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843

Lithograph in black, with additions in pen and brown ink and caption in pen and brown ink, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

20 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108817

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A New Way to Float Down the River of Life. - Radiguet you rascal, to hell with you, your boat and your new invention.... it is your fault that the entire outing went down the drain. - Come, come now.... no reason to scream hell. I am just angry about my boot-maker... since my shoes are being filled…, 1843

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.1 × 25.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108953

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

An Encounter in Open Water. “- Hello... down there... Captain.., what's new in Paris? - Nothing new really... still no one goes to the Gaieté or the Ambigu. - Don't you have anything else to tell me? - Oh yes,... I forgot... I hope you like it... shut up!,” plate 11 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.2 × 26.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108865

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A humanist woman of letters abandoning herself to the cerebral philosophic reflections on the subject of man!, plate 15 from Les Bas-Bleus, 1844

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

23.2 × 18 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1111988

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Another Great Man. “I have it in my hand, my dear... here it is in writing.... this document confirms that my invention is a well-pumped and infinitely more clysterized machine than anything invented thus far... all Frenchmen must accept that,” plate 36 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie, 1844

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso

23.4 × 22.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115140

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Salesman's Hoax. – A Design Out of Fashion. "This kind of fabric has a delightful shade; Madame is the first to whom I have shown it.... all our young women are going to tear each other apart for it. What a charming design.... it would look marvellous on such an elegant form.... you absolutely …, 1844

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

22.4 × 17.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198305

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- But I am telling you, they are friends.... they are just expressing themselves to each other,” plate 9 from Les Amis, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

23.5 × 19.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-248153

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- My graft of a cherry slip on an apricot tree really didn't take.... strange, ... after all, I followed exactly the instructions in the 'Manual of Useful Knowledge,'” plate 7 from Pastorales, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.5 × 21.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1147036

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- Oh my God, Mama, mama!........ For heaven's sake..... my daughter, my daughter!!!," plate 26 from Pastorales, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

27.1 × 23.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-197577

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"The thermometer of the engineer Chevalier was right... at 10 degrees the large rivers as well as the noses have cought a cold... just imagine that it might take three weeks for my nose to thaw!...," plate 5 from Paris L'hiver, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

22.2 × 19.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-196971

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Gentleman Who Wanted to Study the Habits of Bees too Closely, plate 6 from Pastorales, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.4 × 23.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1123955

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Oh Blast! ... the grapes really aren't good this year!, plate 24 from Pastorales, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

35 × 26.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885446

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Engagement of an Artist. “- So you want an engagement in my theatre..... very well Mademoiselle...... since you are so pretty, it will be 1200 Francs.... that's of course what you will be paying me each year! - I accept... under the condition that I will not get a raise!,” plate 72 from Les Bea…, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.5 × 23.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-195312

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Shirt Maker. “Sir, I have tailored here for you the best that is presently available..... with a shirt of my making one can present oneself in no matter what Salon and one will always be the best dressed man of the party,” plate 67 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.3 × 22.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1133852