1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Allons, papa... encore... trente-deux tours!... is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a dim room. A big man in a rumpled coat and glasses is jumping rope, holding one end of the cord. Two kids—one boy, one girl—stand nearby, watching. The boy looks bored, the girl clutches her shawl. A broken rope lies on the floor, and a framed picture hangs crookedly on the wall. The title at the bottom reads *"Allons, papa... encore trente-deux tours!"*—meaning something like *"Come on, dad... thirty-two more jumps!"*—hinting this is a joke about the man’s energy. The rough, sketchy lines make it feel like a quick, funny moment. If this style of drawing interests you, check out lithography.
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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