About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

“- It really shouldn't be allowed to return from Bercy in a state like this.... an established man like you.... I am so unhappy, my God! - What's wrong?...after all, I like the water.... am I not allowed to like the water anymore?,” plate 4 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
236 x 185 mm (image); 341 x 264 mm (sheet)
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund, 1947.594

Daumier Register 1026; Delteil 1026 II/III; Hazard-Delteil 972