1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Comment! encore une caricature sur nous... is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two women in a dim, cluttered room. One woman is wild-haired and disheveled, clutching her head, while the other stands stiffly, holding a basket. The walls are plain, with a small mirror and a framed picture on them. Light falls unevenly, casting shadows. The angry woman’s expression and the caption below suggest this is a joke about someone being mocked. The artist used quick, rough lines to make the scene feel urgent. Next, look up lithography to see how this sketch was made.
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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