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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- What a shame that I don't speak Chinese... I would love to say something real nice to her and something rather nasty to her husband,” plate 4 from En Chine

1859
Lithograph on buff wove paper
22.4 × 26.3 cm (8.8 × 10.4 in)

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