Ayant enfin trouvé le moyen d'utiliser leurs loisirs!

Ayant enfin trouvé le moyen d'utiliser leurs loisirs!

Honoré Daumier

1854

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From the collection of National Gallery of Art

About this work

This lithograph shows three men in fancy clothes holding big spools of thread. The man in the middle wears a fancy uniform. The other two wear turbans and look relaxed. Daumier used satire to show how rich men waste time. The huge spools make it funny—they look like tools but act like toys. This was made in 1854, before workers had much free time. Look up Daumier, Honoré next.

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