Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Here is the public minister who will say some very unpleasant things to you.... so try to cry a little from one eye at least.... it usually does some good!...,” plate 21 from Les Gens De Justice, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

23.6 × 19.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206020

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Here, my wife, is my daguerreotype portrait which I brought back for you from Paris... - Why didn't you have mine done while you were there... get lost, you egotist!,” plate 28 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.9 × 21.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1102537

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- Tomorrow we will study Saturn. I want you to pay special attention to this great planet.... which in all likelihood you will never in your life have the opportunity to see!," plate 18 from Professeurs Et Moutards, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

18.8 × 23.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-203631

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“I am living a little high up... but at least I am enjoying a beautiful view,” plate 8 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24 × 21.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1121218

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“My dear man... it is really quite impossible for me to take on your case.... you are missing the most important piece of evidence.... (apart from) the cash to pay my fees,” plate 20 from Les Gens De Justice, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

22.6 × 19.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115066

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Sir . . . Sir . . . Siiir . . . Christ, it’s annoying to have the runs when the supervisor is supervising!,” plate 13 from Professors and Rascals, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

18 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1134982

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A rather unsatisfied litigant, plate 26 from Les Gens De Justice, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

23.4 × 19 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-204340

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Young Man to Whom Nothing is Sacred, plate 8 from Professeurs Et Moutards, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19.1 × 24.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114880

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.6 × 21.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114949

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mr. Jean-Joseph-Chaboulard... first prize for good health!, plate 28 from Professeurs et Moutards, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19 × 24.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-204223

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Which proves again that already since high school man supports himself on the shoulders of his kin in order to advance in life, plate 30 from Professeurs Et Moutards, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19 × 24.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1109146

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- How do you find this saint there.... I tried to not make him look too conventional.... The bourgeois: - I quite agree, a Saint never should look short winded,” plate 80 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.9 × 21 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1129240

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Isn't he cute like that, Dodore... with a little bit of cleaning up, he is just not the same child any more!...,” plate 37 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.5 × 21.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1117518

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Come on in, Monsieur, don't be shy. It's a living picture.... just like (you'd see) at the Porte St. Martin,” plate 62 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847

Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

24.7 × 21.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198265

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A True Art Lover, plate 66 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.7 × 20 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206743

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Disadvantage of Marrying a Woman with a So-Called Artistic Talent, plate 77 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.3 × 20.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1111992

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Past Midnight, plate 19 from Locataires et Propriétaires, 1847

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

26.4 × 21.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206642

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Bourgeois and His Tailor, plate 5 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847

Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

25.5 × 20.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198257

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Grape Gatherer, from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.5 × 20.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-884513

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time”, 1848

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.8 × 21.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-191953

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Main Staircase of the Palace of Justice. Front view, plate 36 from Les Gens De Justice, 1848

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.1 × 18 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1120626

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Rifolard opens the ball and executes a bold dancing step forward, which receives widespread praise, plate 5 from Les Banqueteurs, 1848

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

26 × 20.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-203662

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Disadvantage of Buying a Newspaper That is Publishing the News Twelve Hours Before the others. “- How come I buy your paper and cannot find the news of today? - Sir, today's news was in yesterday's paper,” plate 139 from Actualités, 1848

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

26.8 × 20.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-197586

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The First Dance Lession, from Les Papas, 1848

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25 × 19.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-199087

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités, 1849

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

23.2 × 19.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1111993

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- You are not having your bottle of beer with us this evening... I can tell you are having a private dinner party today, you scoundrel...," plate 81 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1849

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.8 × 21.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206742

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

An Activist, from Les Femmes Socialistes, 1849

Lithograph on white wove paper

24.6 × 19.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-195359

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

He delights in the ball, plate 10 from Les Banqueteurs, 1849

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

23.6 × 20.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198197

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Insurrection against husbands is proclaimed as being the first and holiest duty in life!, plate 1 from Les Femmes Socialistes, 1849

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.5 × 20.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108834

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Friends of Peace - Result of a Speech By Coquerel. On leaving the ward of Saint Cécilia, a member of the peace congress decided to start general disarmament, plate 7 from Actualités, 1849

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

26.5 × 19.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1129142

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Influence of the Peace Congress. “Oh you scoundrels, you are fighting again... you still don't know that man should live in peace and be master of himself,” plate 8 from Actualités, 1849

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.4 × 20.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1109044

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Jules de L (also known as Lasteyrie the Argand lamp). Former member of the opposition, now ennemy of the light... blinded by the sudden appearance of the sun of the Republic, Jules de Lasteyrie now wears the eye-shade of the Constitutionnel, plate 33 from Les Représentans Représentés, 1850

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.8 × 20.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-204366

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Ratapoil and Casmajou. The most active members of the philanthropic society of December 10: the portraits are drawn from nature and are of striking similarity, plate six from Actualités, 1850

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.7 × 20.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1102406

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Achilles and Agamemnon. Achilles: “- And what do I care about your Troy!,” plate one from Physionomies Tragiques, 1851

Lithograph in black, with pen and brown ink and red and blue adhesive spots, from detached caption label, on white wove paper

20.2 × 28.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-193293

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Fatherly Discipline, 1851/52

Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, with charcoal, on cream laid paper

25.2 × 20 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-883496

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- How are you feeling today, Mr. Chapolard? - Madame Pochet, a concierge who knows how to behave, should address her landlord only in the third person. - How can I talk to you in the third person, since you are the first person I am seeing this morning," plate 11 from Croquis Parisiens, 1852

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.9 × 21.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-197526

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- I wonder why this beast is following me all the time... I'll happily be paying 6 sous to jump on a bus," plate 1 from Émotions De Chasse, 1854

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

21.3 × 26.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885274

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Madame Prudhomme, let's not hurry, let's recall that dignity should preside over all acts of life... dignity alone distinguishes man from the rest of the animals,” plate 2 from Croquis Aquatiques, 1854

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

21.3 × 26.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108837

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

View of the Seine near Asnières during the dog days, plate 2 from Croquis D'été, 1854

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19.6 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1120522

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be aimed at the head like this for three consecutive hours... I tremble at the thought that they might dream of an encounter with a rabbit...,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse, 1855

Lithograph in black on white wove paper, with letterpress verso

19 × 22.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1127467

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Tell me, my good man, is this the buffet?... it looks quite appetizing to me, I wouldn't mind having something....,” plate 19 from L'exposition Universelle, 1855

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19.4 × 25.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115043

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Turnstile. A new machine invented by the enemy of crinoline petticoats, plate 15 from L'exposition Universelle, 1855

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

19.9 × 22.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-197656

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- Since he is now part of the family, he must also have his portrait taken", plate 269 from Actualités, 1856

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

21.7 × 25.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1102041

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

In Bercy. “We are doing everything to avoid that the river Seine overflows... and there are still people who are questioning our good intentions,” plate 321 from Actualités, 1856

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.1 × 26.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108843

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The New Fashion. Which is the man, which is the woman?... make your guess if you can and choose if you dare, plate 270 from Actualités, 1856

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

21.6 × 25.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1112091

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Ox-Elephant, a new and very promising breed. Unfortunately still beyond the financial possibilities of the average citizen.... price: 30'000 francs, plate 5 from L'exposition Des Animaux, 1856

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

21.8 × 26 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108841

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

View Taken of the Streets of Paris after the Performance of the Famous Moralistic Comedy "La Bourse,” plate 330 from Actualités, 1856

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

20 × 25.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1121311

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Ah, my dear Madame Chaffarou... this surely must be the end... the comet is coming and the sun is going,” plate 392 from Actualités, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.5 × 27.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-203674