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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

What a stupid idea we had...

1849

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

France, 19th century
lithograph
Sheet: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.); Image: 25.4 x 20.7 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1966.408
Catalogue raisonné: Daumier Register / Delteil 1790 ; Hazard-Delteil 682
Location: Not on view

Description

This print was published as plate 9 from the series The Banqueters.
  • ?-1966
    Leona E. Prasse, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1966-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Graphic Humor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-August 29, 1982).
    Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1966.408