Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- And your bourgeois - is he for freedom of the butcher's trade?,” plate 464 from Actualités, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

21.2 × 25.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-203535

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- Can you see the comet?... just there, at the tip of my finger ... don't lose sight of my finger tip!," plate 5 from La Comète De 1857, 1857

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

21.1 × 24.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-207367

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques, 1857

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

21.4 × 25.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-193958

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- It's really quite flattering to have one's portrait exhibited at the Salon,” plate 7 from Le Salon de 1857, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25 × 20.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1102413

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A New Outfit for the Lion's Hunt, plate 395 from Actualités, 1857

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

20.6 × 25.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-192647

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

An Excusable Error. Chickens thinking they have found the cage where they spent their early childhood, plate 21 from La Crinolomanie, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.8 × 26.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-204258

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Crinolines are suddenly getting to be suspicious, plate 419 from Actualités, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

21.2 × 26.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198316

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Study of Reverence for the Quadrille of the Lancers, plate 380 from Actualités, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.4 × 24.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1123966

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

- Taken by her operetta part, Madame de St. Chalumeau is shouting so loud that she does not notice the bellowing of her child, plate 13 from Les Comédiens De Société, 1858

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.6 × 25.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1117512

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Driver, driver, you cannot reject me, you have to save my life... bring me back to the races alive! - But come on, Spaniard… be reasonable… you don't have to fear the rain, since you are wearing a coat!…,” plate 2 from Le Carnaval De 1858, 1858

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.8 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108854

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Hey, Baptiste, what are these two shouting for the last hour… I am sure they are fighting! - Oh no, they make such funny movements, that's hilarious… I've got it: the are rehearsing a tragedy which they will perform at the party of Madame Follemèche… Lucky the bourgeois who can afford with his i…, 1858

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.1 × 25.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115139

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Family Scene, plate 37 from Croquis D'été, 1858

Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

20.8 × 26.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-197653

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

It’s strange: nothing is picking up at the stock exchange, not even the chestnut trees!, plate 520 from Actualités, 1858

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.7 × 25.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1147105

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the French to the Indian potato!, plate 1 from La Société D'acclimatation, 1858

Lithograph in black on buff wove paper, with letterpress verso

19.4 × 22.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1109042

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Three Judges, 1858/60

Watercolor and brush and black gouache, with charcoal, heightened with gray gouache, over touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper

36.3 × 53.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-191561

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

View of the Grand Hall, plate 1 from Souvenirdu Grand Festival des Orphéonistes, 1859

Lithograph on buff wove paper, with letter press, verso

21.7 × 27.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1120393

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Landscape Painters at Work, plate 309 from Souvenirs d'artistes, 1862

Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

20.5 × 26.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1105989

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Landscape painters at work, plate 309 from Souvenirs d’artistes, 1862

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.7 × 26.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1105823

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Nadar Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art, plate 367 from Souvenirs d’artistes, 1862

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

26.7 × 22.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198214

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!,” plate 2 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier, 1864

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.3 × 20.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885865

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Misapprehension at the Odeon, on a Day of Drama. “- Come on, come on let's go! - I am telling you it's not finished. The curtain has gone up again and there is still Roman on the stage,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier, 1864

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

22.3 × 21 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108857

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Philosophical Contemplations of a Lover of Silent Pleasures. To float on the back for an hour in a quiet tributary of the Marne with little water, some water lilies and lots of frogs: that's what makes a man happy!, from Les Baigneurs, 1864

Lithograph in black on tan wove paper

14.5 × 25 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1115062

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Hello, neighbour, are you like me? I start to believe we would do well returning to Paris,” plate 1 from La Campagne En Hiver, 1865

Lithograph in black on buff wove paper

23.5 × 20.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-193389

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Yep... this is what I call a shplendid job.... and for just five sous per pound.. you reaaalllly get your money's worth!,” plate 7 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier, 1865

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.7 × 22 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-193907

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- You seems to enjoy doing my work. In exchange I could offer doing your job: I will go for a ride in your coach!,” plate 249 from Les Parisiens A La Campagne, 1865

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.9 × 21.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-192650

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Looking at the Painting of Manet. “- Why the devil is this fat, red-faced woman in her nightdress called Olympia? - But my dear, perhaps that's the name of the black cat," plate 9 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier, 1865

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

22.8 × 19 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1111977

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Side Show (La Parade), 1865/67

Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, with charcoal, on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream)

51.7 × 36.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-884747

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- No matter how much I rock him, it is impossible to make him fall asleep,” plate 105 from Actualités, 1866

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

24.1 × 21.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-193962

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“What about that..., they don't seem to be interested in me any more,” plate 89 from Actualités, 1866

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.7 × 22.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-194683

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Overloaded! It is going to burst!,” plate 67 from Actualités, 1867

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

25.8 × 22.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-194709

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A European Concert. Not allowed to participate in this part, plate 171 from Actualités, 1867

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

24.4 × 20.7 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198238

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Four Lawyers, 1867/1870

Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, on grayish-cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

27.1 × 22.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885273

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Weight Lifter, c. 1850

Watercolor, with brush and brown ink, over graphite, on cream wove paper

27 × 20.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-194580

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Print Collector, c. 1860

Oil on cradled panel

42.3 × 33 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-105106

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Two Lawyers, c. 1860

Oil on panel

13.3 × 14.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1123485

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Family Scene, c. 1865

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, on ivory wove paper (discolored to cream)

21.6 × 20.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-200773

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Bearded Man, n.d.

Pen and brown iron gall ink on cream wove paper

13 × 12.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1113717

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Frightened Woman, n.d.

Charcoal, with black crayon, on ivory laid paper

21 × 23.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-198719

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle, October 2, 1834

Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

28.6 × 44.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-197610

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Ah yes, those comets, they always predict great misfortunes. It doesn't surprise me at all that poor Madame Galuchet suddenly died last night,” plate 573 from Actualités, October 30, 1858

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

20.4 × 25.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-197561

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier, published February 27, 1864

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

23.7 × 21.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-203686

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Diogenes and Alcibiades at the Odeon. “- Ah... it's modern....what a man!,” plate 121 from Actualités, published January 23, 1846

Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso

24.4 × 22.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114937

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

An Exaggerated Rejuvenation. “Just two or three sessions with me, Monsieur, and anyone who still claims to find a grey hair on you, is a malicious person.” As a matter of fact, since the end of the second session, Monsieur's head looks as shiny as that of a newborn baby, plate 52 from Les Beaux Jou…, published March 27, 1845

Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on cream wove paper (sheet folded to form four pages), with text added in another hand and letterpress verso (and recto when unfolded)

20.5 × 21.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1108942

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Gown Falls, Man Remains, and the Legs are Shaking. (J.B. Rousseau), plate 10 from Coquetterie, published October 18, 1840

Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso

23.4 × 19 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1114774