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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- May the devil get the inventor of all these New Year's presents!” Reflection of a sensitive, generous but tormented Parisian father, plate 476 from Actualités

1858
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
21.1 × 25 cm (8.3 × 9.8 in)

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