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Robert Macaire, Business Agent (Robert Macaire Agent D'Affaires) Yesterday I made a mistake when I said that your business is in good shape. It's detestable. The government owes you five hundred thousand francs, it's true, but the debt hasn't been recognized, there's a forfeiture today, you won't have a penny. However, come to think of it, there's Mr. de St. Bertrand, a rich capitalist, an imbecile, sell him your interests for a hundred crowns, that'll be a splendid deal... (aside) and not expensive. (Hier je me suis trompé en disant que votre affaire est bonne, elle est détestable. Le gouvernement vous doit cinq cents mille francs, c’est vrai, mais la créance n’a pas été reconnue, il y a aujourd’hui déchéance, vous n’aurez pas un sou. – Cependant, tenez, j’y pense, voici Mr. de St. Bertrand un riche capitaliste, un imbécille, vendez lui vos droits cent écus, ce sera une affaire magnifique…. (à part) et pas chère.)

Robert Macaire, Business Agent (Robert Macaire Agent D'Affaires) Yesterday I made a mistake when I said that your business is in good shape. It's detestable. The government owes you five hundred thousand francs, it's true, but the debt hasn't been recognized, there's a forfeiture today, you won't have a penny. However, come to think of it, there's Mr. de St. Bertrand, a rich capitalist, an imbecile, sell him your interests for a hundred crowns, that'll be a splendid deal... (aside) and not expensive. (Hier je me suis trompé en disant que votre affaire est bonne, elle est détestable. Le gouvernement vous doit cinq cents mille francs, c’est vrai, mais la créance n’a pas été reconnue, il y a aujourd’hui déchéance, vous n’aurez pas un sou. – Cependant, tenez, j’y pense, voici Mr. de St. Bertrand un riche capitaliste, un imbécille, vendez lui vos droits cent écus, ce sera une affaire magnifique…. (à part) et pas chère.)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
Robert Macaire, Business Agent (Robert Macaire Agent D'Affaires) Yesterday I made a mistake when I said that your business is in good shape. It's detestable. The government owes you five hundred thousand francs, it's true, but the debt hasn't been recognized, there's a forfeiture today, you won't have a penny. However, come to think of it, there's Mr. de St. Bertrand, a rich capitalist, an imbecile, sell him your interests for a hundred crowns, that'll be a splendid deal... (aside) and not expensive. (Hier je me suis trompé en disant que votre affaire est bonne, elle est détestable. Le gouvernement vous doit cinq cents mille francs, c’est vrai, mais la créance n’a pas été reconnue, il y a aujourd’hui déchéance, vous n’aurez pas un sou. – Cependant, tenez, j’y pense, voici Mr. de St. Bertrand un riche capitaliste, un imbécille, vendez lui vos droits cent écus, ce sera une affaire magnifique…. (à part) et pas chère.)
Date
1836
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
10 1/16 x 8 15/16 in. Image
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1986.280
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

To 1986, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); November 1986, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 393

  • Daumier Lithographs: Characters and Caricatures: Chazen Museum of Art, 12/23/2016–2/19/2017

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