This is a drawing of three individuals gathered around a table under a leafy canopy. Two individuals are seated at a wooden table, while a third stands beside them. The seated individuals have varied poses, one leaning forward attentively and the other wearing a hat with a striped pattern. The backdrop is dense with foliage creating a textured, intricate contrast to the white space around them. The style is sketch-like with emphasis on shading and line work, displaying the figures and greenery.

Vois-tu, mon ami... il n'y a que deux élemens... du bonheur...

1843

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Collection no.: 1943.3.2993
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: NGA Open Access — unrestricted reuseLicense details

Honoré Daumier. Vois-tu, mon ami... il n'y a que deux élemens... du bonheur.... National Gallery of Art, Washington. Open Access. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression to at most 100,000 bytes; no crop or generated content.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Vois-tu, mon ami... il n'y a que deux élemens... du bonheur... — Honoré Daumier. 1843.

Medium: lithograph.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): .

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.2993. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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