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The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full
1862
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24 × 21.9 cm (9 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 27.2 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.647
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full — Honoré Daumier. 1862.
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 24 × 21.9 cm (9 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 27.2 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/4 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.