1866
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Des huitres a vingt-cinq sous la douzaine ... ! is a 1866 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see an old woman in a shawl holding out a coin to a man behind an oyster stall. The man looks down at his hands, maybe counting change. Dark lines make their faces sharp and real. Daumier worked fast with stone and ink. He pressed the paper while the marks were still wet to get those thick, bold lines. That trick lets you feel the push and pull between them. Look next at Daumier, Honoré.
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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