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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Engagement of an Artist. “- So you want an engagement in my theatre..... very well Mademoiselle...... since you are so pretty, it will be 1200 Francs.... that's of course what you will be paying me each year! - I accept... under the condition that I will not get a raise!,” plate 72 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

1845
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
24.5 × 23.2 cm (9.6 × 9.1 in)

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