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- 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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