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- Sue him, sue him . . . That would be a good trick to play on your neighbour . . . it would eat up all his savings, at least 100 écus. 
- Yes but I would also have to eat into my savings and I really have no appetite for that
(- Plaidez, plaidez . . . ça sera un bon tour à jouer à votre voisin.... vous lui ferez manger plus de cent écus!.... 
- Oui, mais c'est qu'moi. . . . j'en mangerais itou des miens . . . des écus . . . .et j'ai pas d'appétit pour ça!
), number 29 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)

- Sue him, sue him . . . That would be a good trick to play on your neighbour . . . it would eat up all his savings, at least 100 écus. - Yes but I would also have to eat into my savings and I really have no appetite for that (- Plaidez, plaidez . . . ça sera un bon tour à jouer à votre voisin.... vous lui ferez manger plus de cent écus!.... - Oui, mais c'est qu'moi. . . . j'en mangerais itou des miens . . . des écus . . . .et j'ai pas d'appétit pour ça! ), number 29 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
- Sue him, sue him . . . That would be a good trick to play on your neighbour . . . it would eat up all his savings, at least 100 écus. - Yes but I would also have to eat into my savings and I really have no appetite for that (- Plaidez, plaidez . . . ça sera un bon tour à jouer à votre voisin.... vous lui ferez manger plus de cent écus!.... - Oui, mais c'est qu'moi. . . . j'en mangerais itou des miens . . . des écus . . . .et j'ai pas d'appétit pour ça! ), number 29 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)
Date
1846
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
7 3/32 x 7 15/32 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1976.60
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. 1365

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