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My dear man, it is really quite impossible for me to take on your case. . . you are missing the most important piece of evidence. . . (aside) the cash to pay my fees! (Mon cher monsieur, il m'est absolument impossible de plaider votre affaire. . . . il vous manque les pièces les plus importantes. . . . (à part) les pièces de cent sous!), number 20 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)

My dear man, it is really quite impossible for me to take on your case. . . you are missing the most important piece of evidence. . . (aside) the cash to pay my fees! (Mon cher monsieur, il m'est absolument impossible de plaider votre affaire. . . . il vous manque les pièces les plus importantes. . . . (à part) les pièces de cent sous!), number 20 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
My dear man, it is really quite impossible for me to take on your case. . . you are missing the most important piece of evidence. . . (aside) the cash to pay my fees! (Mon cher monsieur, il m'est absolument impossible de plaider votre affaire. . . . il vous manque les pièces les plus importantes. . . . (à part) les pièces de cent sous!), number 20 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)
Date
1846
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1976.52
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

to 1976, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi](Los Angeles); June 1976, gifted to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 1356

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