“- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from Les Amis 1845
honoredaumier
theartinstituteofchicago
drawing, lithograph, print, paper
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drawing
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aged paper
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light pencil work
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photo restoration
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lithograph
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old engraving style
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paper
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archive photography
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personal sketchbook
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historical photography
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old-timey
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france
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19th century
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pencil work
This lithograph, "Your suit fits… I'll borrow it from you… only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back… Oh blast, the door is shut… but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from *Les Amis*, is a satirical work by Honoré Daumier. The print, created in 1845, depicts a humorous scene of two men, one trying to borrow the other's only suit while the door is shut. Daumier's use of caricature and witty text capture the absurdities of everyday life in 19th-century France. This piece is a fine example of his prolific work, which often criticized societal issues and human foibles.
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