“- I bought this ground at 1 franc per square meter, and I'll sell it again at 9 francs. - To whom? - The name does not matter as long as I make 8 francs on the square meter... after all, it's not excessive, a square meter on the Boulevard Montmartre costs 600 francs! - Yes, but this section here is uninhabited. - What do you mean, there are more than 20'000 rabbits living here,” plate 1 from Les Spéculateurs
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21 × 26 cm (8 5/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 36 cm (10 7/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84662
About the Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 1808–1879
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...