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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

At the Champs-Elysées. It has never been quite clear whether the music makes the beer go down, or the beer that makes you swallow the music, plate 3 from Croquis Musicaux

1852
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
25.4 × 21.1 cm (10 × 8.3 in)

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