Black chalk and wash with gouache highlights on grey/blue paper, signed with initials 'HD' lower right, inscribed 'Vous aviez faim, ça n'est pas une raison, moi aussi presque tous les jours j'ai faim et je ne vole pas pour ça' lower center, variously inscribed on the back of the frame.

12 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (sheet),  22 1/2 x 26 in. (frame).

Note: In the mid-nineteenth, Daumier created a series of satirical legal images that were reproduced as lithographs for his famous work Les Gens de Justice, published by Le Charivari, Paris. This work is similar to several images in that series. It has not been reviewed and access to K.E. Maison's Honoré Daumier. Catalogue raisonné of the Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, 1967 was not possible. No provenance is available.

Sheet laid down on heavy paperboard. Staining, soiling and a few foxmarks. Small losses and nicks at the sheet edges.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.