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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- I don't want your credits... the expiration date is on the 15th of June and the world is supposed to end on the 13th,” plate 2 from La Cométe De 1857

1857
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
21.6 × 22.2 cm (8.5 × 8.7 in)

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