“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques — Honoré Daumier

Honoré Daumier

“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques

1857

Dating
Exact year
Held at
Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.4 × 25.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 28.1 × 36.6 cm (11 1/8 × 14 7/16 in.)
Collection no.
1957.363
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Honoré Daumier. “- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques — Honoré Daumier. 1857.

Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 21.4 × 25.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 28.1 × 36.6 cm (11 1/8 × 14 7/16 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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