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Honoré Daumier

So, show-off from Paris!.... you will dance twice with my Catherine.... try again now to make eyes at her!, from Pastorales (Romance of Country Life)

1845
Lithograph on wove paper; first state of two, proof
30.6 × 27.6 cm (12 × 10.9 in)

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