1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ca vous coiffe comme un gant! is a 1839 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men talking about hats in this lithograph. They are dressed nicely and have big, exaggerated faces. The way they look shows how people in Paris at that time cared a lot about how they looked, and it was important for their social status. This lithograph is interesting because it pokes fun at people who care too much about fashion. The artist used big faces and simple shapes to make a point about how silly it is to worry so much about what you wear. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of 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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