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Votre maison me fait l'effet de devoir..., from Locataires et Propriétaires, published in Le Charivari, November 5, 1856

Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

October 14, 1836

Votre maison me fait l'effet de devoir..., from Locataires et Propriétaires, published in Le Charivari, November 5, 1856 by Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

Medium

Lithograph; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 11/16 × 14 5/16 in. (24.6 × 36.4 cm) Image: 8 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (21 × 26.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.12.167

Tags

Men

Art Historical Context

Step into the witty world of 19th French satire with *Votre maison me fait l de devoir...*, a lithograph from Honoré Daumier's seriesLocataires et Propriétaires (Tenants and Land). Created around October 14, 1836, and published in the satirical newspaper *Le Charivari* on November 5, 1856, this print is attributed to Daumier alongside Aaron Martinet and Destouches Daumier, a master caricaturist, used his sharp eye to skewer social tensions, here likely capturing a humorous exchange between landlords and tenants over a dilapidated property—evoked by tags like architecture, hats, and men. Litho...

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