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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

At Varenne, Saint-Maur. “There! My country house", plate 418 from Souvenirs d’artistes

1862
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)
21.1 × 27.6 cm (8.3 × 10.9 in)

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