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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!,” plate 2 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

1864
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
24.3 × 20.9 cm (9.6 × 8.2 in)

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