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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Oh, Madame Chaboulard, I wonder what will happen in the twelve months to come... the New Year starts on a Friday! … - I don't care, I am not superstitious… I only believe in the number 13 and in spiders!,” plate 477 from Actualités

1858
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20 × 23.9 cm (7.9 × 9.4 in)

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