How strange.... I had planted potatoes, and here I am harvesting truffles!

Honoré Daumier1845

This print was published in <em>Le Charivari </em>(November 19, 1845) as plate 33 from the series <em>Pastorals.</em>

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Title: How strange.... I had planted potatoes, and here I am harvesting truffles!
Creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Date Created: 1845
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 34.6 x 23.9 cm (13 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.); Image: 25.3 x 22 cm (9 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Provenance: Brenda and Evan H. Turner, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.210
Medium: lithograph
State of work: II/II
Series: Pastorals
Inscriptions: Above image, printed: PASTORALES. / Pl. 33 ; Below image, printed: -Dire pourtant que j'avais planté des pommes de terre . . . et v'la que je récolte des truffes! . . . ; lower margin, printed: Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse, 29. / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
Department: Prints
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of Brenda and Evan H. Turner
Collection: PR - Lithograph
Accession Number: 1998.210

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