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“I don't want to go into such a deep water...... there are surely big fish in there!,” plate 1 from Enfantillages
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.6 × 22.6 cm (9 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 26.2 cm (13 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1953.592
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “I don't want to go into such a deep water...... there are surely big fish in there!,” plate 1 from Enfantillages. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“I don't want to go into such a deep water...... there are surely big fish in there!,” plate 1 from Enfantillages — Honoré Daumier. 1859.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 24.6 × 22.6 cm (9 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 26.2 cm (13 15/16 × 10 3/8 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.