1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Diable!... il parait que le rasoir n'est guère bon... is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men in a tight, dim room. One man sits in a chair, gripping the arms and looking panicked. The other man leans in, holding a razor close to the first man’s throat. The walls are plain, and a mirror hangs crookedly above them. The first man’s wide eyes and tense grip suggest he’s terrified of the razor. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make the scene feel urgent and rough. Want to see more work like this? Check out 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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