1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Allons bon ... v'la p'tit qui dit ... is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man in a top hat holding a child in striped clothes. A crowd bustles around them on a Paris street. The man’s hat and the child’s bright stripes stand out against the dark, busy background. Daumier loved carving up Paris life. He used sharp lines and shadows to show how people really moved and felt. This work feels almost like a snapshot—crazy detail in just a few inches. Check out another lithograph by Daumier, Honoré.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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