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“- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time”

Honoré Daumier, 1848

“- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time” by Honoré Daumier
“- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time” by Honoré Daumier, 19 cm × 25 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

19 cm × 25 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 25 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
25 cm
Width
19 cm
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Kind
Print
Made in
France
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Image: 24.8 × 21.3 cm (9 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 21 cm × 25 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
19 cm × 25 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1848. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection.
How was it made?
Lithograph in black on white wove paper, made in France.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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