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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Philosophical Contemplations of a Lover of Silent Pleasures. To float on the back for an hour in a quiet tributary of the Marne with little water, some water lilies and lots of frogs: that's what makes a man happy!, from Les Baigneurs

1864
Lithograph in black on tan wove paper
14.5 × 25 cm (5.7 × 9.8 in)

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