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My dear, you shouldn't really blame me . . . as the famous philosopher once said . . . it is only drinking wine without being thirsty distinguishes man from the other animals. (Ma femme, t'as tort de me blâmer . . . comme l'a dit un fameux philosophe . . . y n'y a que de boire du vin sans soif qui distingue l'homme du reste des animaux!), from the series Croquades

My dear, you shouldn't really blame me . . . as the famous philosopher once said . . . it is only drinking wine without being thirsty distinguishes man from the other animals. (Ma femme, t'as tort de me blâmer . . . comme l'a dit un fameux philosophe . . . y n'y a que de boire du vin sans soif qui distingue l'homme du reste des animaux!), from the series Croquades

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
My dear, you shouldn't really blame me . . . as the famous philosopher once said . . . it is only drinking wine without being thirsty distinguishes man from the other animals. (Ma femme, t'as tort de me blâmer . . . comme l'a dit un fameux philosophe . . . y n'y a que de boire du vin sans soif qui distingue l'homme du reste des animaux!), from the series Croquades
Date
1851
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
13 15/16 x 9 3/4 in. Support
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1977.463
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

To 1977, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); December 1977, 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. 2198
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Daumier Lithographs: The Human Comedy." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1985. p. 48, cat. no. 37

  • Daumier Lithographs: The Human Comedy: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/27/1985–6/23/1985

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