1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ce qui nous prouve ... que ce colosse ... is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a bloated figure labeled "COLOSSE DU NORD" floating above a field of sharp bayonets. Daumier made this in 1854. Back then, people feared France’s neighbor, Prussia. The oversized, wobbly figure hints at fragile power. The smoke and forts make the scene tense. It’s a sharp political joke in print form. See how lithography lets him carve bold lines. Look up lithography next.
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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