1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Dis donc ma femme... je ne vois rien! is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a top hat playing a flute while standing on a small boat in the water. Behind him, two people sit on the shore, looking down. The scene is drawn in simple lines with light shading, giving it a sketchy, unfinished feel. The title means "Well, my wife, I see nothing!"—a joke about the man’s blind spot while playing. The artist used a quick, loose style to capture a funny moment. Next, check out 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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