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A Day When You Do Not Pay–Twenty-Five-Degree Heat (Un jour ou l'on ne paye pas. Vingt-cinq degres de chaleur ), from Le Public du Salon, published in Le Charivari, May 17, 1852

A Day When You Do Not Pay–Twenty-Five-Degree Heat (Un jour ou l'on ne paye pas. Vingt-cinq degres de chaleur ), from Le Public du Salon, published in Le Charivari, May 17, 1852 by Honoré Daumier|Charles Trinocq|Maison Martinet-Hautecoeur, Frères

Medium

Lithograph; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 13/16 × 9 7/16 in. (35.1 × 24 cm) Image: 9 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (24.5 x 21.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1980

Accession Number

1980.1114.2

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About the Artist

Honoré Daumier|Charles Trinocq|Maison Martinet-Hautecoeur, Frères · 18101879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...

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