1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Eh! Ben ... puisque vous voulez qu' les bouchers ... is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a woman in a headscarf facing a butcher in a messy shop. Meat hangs on hooks. The butcher glares. Thick lines make the scene feel rough and urgent. Daumier made many prints like this. He mocked unfair power in daily life. People who could not fight back got his attention. See how the artist’s hand shapes the lines? Compare it to 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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