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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités

1849
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
23.2 × 19.7 cm (9.1 × 7.8 in)

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