1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Carotte du calicot is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see an elderly woman and a younger person in a fabric store, looking at patterned fabric. The woman's serious face and the younger person's interest in the fabric make this scene feel like a quiet moment in a busy place. This lithograph is a great example of everyday life, and if you want to learn more about how it was made, look into the technique: 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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