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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“It's important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it's a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he'll learn it… he is still young!,” plate 5 from Les Baigneurs

1839
Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
20.2 × 27.4 cm (8 × 10.8 in)

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