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“There are no pretty girls on my beat. Only the homeless mental patients, the overflow of the social service agencies, the derelicts,” said the officer. “The politicians and social workers think if they don’t see them, they don’t exist. Well, they do exist, and I’m expected to wipe the shit off the streets for them.”
“There are no pretty girls on my beat. Only the homeless mental patients, the overflow of the social service agencies, the derelicts,” said the officer. “The politicians and social workers think if they don’t see them, they don’t exist. Well, they do exist, and I’m expected to wipe the shit off the streets for them.”

“There are no pretty girls on my beat. Only the homeless mental patients, the overflow of the social service agencies, the derelicts,” said the officer. “The politicians and social workers think if they don’t see them, they don’t exist. Well, they do exist, and I’m expected to wipe the shit off the streets for them.”

Artist (American, 1929 – 2006)
Date1976
Period20th century
Mediumgelatin silver print (vintage)
DimensionsImage Size: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Object Size: 8 x 10 inches
Credit LineGift of Jill M. Garling and Thomas J. Wilson
Object number2014.165
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginUnited States
I don’t want to retire tomorrow. I enjoy what I'm doing in junior college mathematics. Today’s students aren’t as dedicated as they used to be. Life is more complex and there are more distractions. Nowadays a lot of my students are housewives. They don't have any goals; the just want to learn. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California from the series Working
I don’t want to retire tomorrow. I enjoy what I'm doing in junior college mathematics. Today’s students aren’t as dedicated as they used to be. Life is more complex and there are more distractions. Nowadays a lot of my students are housewives. They don't have any goals; the just want to learn. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California from the series Working
Bill Owens
1976
Object number: 2017.350
Boobie Homeless and the Pigeon Coop from the series Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Boobie Homeless and the Pigeon Coop from the series Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Danny Lyon
1992–93, printed later
Object number: 2015.152
–Si vous saviez comme vous êtes jolie! faites semblant de jouer. –Taisez-vous do. –Vous ne m’aimez pas si. –Et je serai toujours! la mi. [–If only you knew how pretty you are! Pretend you are playing! –Be quiet do –You don’t love me! si –I’ll always be yours! la mi] from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 6, published in Le Charivari
–Si vous saviez comme vous êtes jolie! faites semblant de jouer. –Taisez-vous do. –Vous ne m’aimez pas si. –Et je serai toujours! la mi.
[–If only you knew how pretty you are! Pretend you are playing! –Be quiet do –You don’t love me! si –I’ll always be yours! la mi]
from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 6, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published March 6, 1843
Object number: 2014.186
An abandoned building was now a hideaway for derelicts. On a bare mattress lay the body of a man in his mid-thirties. One window was open and the garbage flowed in
An abandoned building was now a hideaway for derelicts. On a bare mattress lay the body of a man in his mid-thirties. One window was open and the garbage flowed in
Leonard Freed
1976
Object number: 2015.194
Social Kunst 4
Social Kunst 4
Mondes Forlag
1933
Object number: 1986.042
–N’faites pas attention m’situ . . . . . . c’est vot’bière que j’vous sers! . . . . . [–Don’t pay attention, Sir . . . . I am only serving you beer!] from the series Quand on a du Guignon [Out of Luck], number 4, published in Le Charivari
–N’faites pas attention m’situ . . . . . . c’est vot’bière que j’vous sers! . . . . .
[–Don’t pay attention, Sir . . . . I am only serving you beer!]
from the series Quand on a du Guignon [Out of Luck], number 4, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published March 13, 1848
Object number: 2014.201
Arsenio Playing Wiffleball from the series Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Arsenio Playing Wiffleball from the series Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Danny Lyon
1992–93, printed later
Object number: 2015.153
–“Adieu!…. Adieu!… à la Grâce de Dieu… Adieu… Adieu!… etc.” -Sacrrristi!… est-ce que vous vous moquez de monde?… v’là deux heures que vous me criez Adieu…, mais fichez-moi donc le camp une bonne fois pour toutes!…. sacrrristi. [–Farewell! Farewell! in the name of God, Farewell! Farewell! –Would you stop this? You cannot be serious. For the last two hours you have been shouting farewell… why don’t you finally go?], from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 1, published in Le Charivari
–“Adieu!…. Adieu!… à la Grâce de Dieu… Adieu… Adieu!… etc.” -Sacrrristi!… est-ce que vous vous moquez de monde?… v’là deux heures que vous me criez Adieu…, mais fichez-moi donc le camp une bonne fois pour toutes!…. sacrrristi.
[–Farewell! Farewell! in the name of God, Farewell! Farewell! –Would you stop this? You cannot be serious. For the last two hours you have been shouting farewell… why don’t you finally go?], from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 1, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published February 1, 1843
Object number: 2014.181
–“Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton….” –Vous tairez-vous! Ma femme a la migraine. –Lisez donc un drame en cinq actes avec un orchestre pareil. –Finissez vous mon petit à la colique. A la garde! “Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……” [–Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton…. –Be quiet, my wife has a headache! –Why don’t you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! –Stop it… my little one is getting the colic! – Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……] from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 2, published in Le Charivari
–“Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton….” –Vous tairez-vous! Ma femme a la migraine. –Lisez donc un drame en cinq actes avec un orchestre pareil. –Finissez vous mon petit à la colique. A la garde! “Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……”
[–Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton…. –Be quiet, my wife has a headache! –Why don’t you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! –Stop it… my little one is getting the colic! – Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……]
from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 2, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published February 4, 1843
Object number: 2014.182
Quién más rendido? [Which of them is the more overcome?] from the series The Return to Goya’s Caprichos
Quién más rendido? [Which of them is the more overcome?] from the series The Return to Goya’s Caprichos
Enrique Chagoya
1999
Object number: 2008.019.03
These critics don’t write enough about women artists
These critics don’t write enough about women artists
Guerrilla Girls
1985
Object number: 2009.044.04
Kenny and Slex from the series Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Kenny and Slex from the series Let Them Kill Themselves, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Danny Lyon
1992–93, printed later
Object number: 2015.151