Arkivism
“- I bought this ground at 1 franc per square meter, and I'll sell it again at 9 francs. - To whom? - The name does not matter as long as I make 8 francs on the square meter... after all, it's not excessive, a square meter on the Boulevard Montmartre costs 600 francs! - Yes, but this section here is uninhabited. - What do you mean, there are more than 20'000 rabbits living here,” plate 1 from Les Spéculateurs
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“- I bought this ground at 1 franc per square meter, and I'll sell it again at 9 francs. - To whom? - The name does not matter as long as I make 8 francs on the square meter... after all, it's not excessive, a square meter on the Boulevard Montmartre costs 600 francs! - Yes, but this section here is uninhabited. - What do you mean, there are more than 20'000 rabbits living here,” plate 1 from Les Spéculateurs

Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879 · 1857 · Lithograph in black on white wove paper

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Credit line“- I bought this ground at 1 franc per square meter, and I'll sell it again at 9 francs. - To whom? - The name does not matter as long as I make 8 francs on the square meter... after all, it's not excessive, a square meter on the Boulevard Montmartre costs 600 francs! - Yes, but this section here is uninhabited. - What do you mean, there are more than 20'000 rabbits living here,” plate 1 from Les Spéculateurs. 1857. Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club. CC0.
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