“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités — Honoré Daumier

Honoré Daumier

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités

1849

Dating
Exact year
Held at
Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.2 × 19.7 cm (9 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Collection no.
1953.563
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Honoré Daumier. “- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités — Honoré Daumier. 1849.

Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 23.2 × 19.7 cm (9 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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