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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

The hazards of shaking a plum tree too vigorously, when one too is mature.

1845

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
France, 19th century
lithograph
Sheet: 35.6 x 27.3 cm (14 x 10 3/4 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1011
Catalogue raisonné: Daumier Register / Delteil 1389 ; Hazard-Delteil 2217
Location: Not on view

Description

This print (with title and captions added) was published in Le Charivari (May 29, 1845) as plate 2 from the series Pastorals.
  • ?-1925
    Maurice Le Garrec, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1925-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Graphic Humor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-August 29, 1982).
    Humor in Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 13-October 28, 1934).
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