Comment vous portez pas encore de talma? ...
1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Comment vous portez pas encore de talma? ... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two old men in stiff suits, noses sharp as knives. One grips a walking stick. Their coats look too big, their faces too much. Daumier loved drawing the well-dressed middle class. He poked fun at how they pretended to be important. Political cartoons then were dangerous. He got arrested for similar prints. Check out Daumier, Honoré next time you’re at the museum.
