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Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton, t..... “- Be quiet, my wife has a headache!. - Why don't you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! - Stop it... my little one gets the colic!” Ton, ton, ton, ton, taine..., plate 2 from Les Musiciens De Paris

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1841

Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton, t..... “- Be quiet, my wife has a headache!. - Why don't you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! - Stop it... my little one gets the colic!” Ton, ton, ton, ton, taine..., plate 2 from Les Musiciens De Paris by Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Medium

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 22 × 18.3 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 26.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

44720

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...

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