1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Enlèvement d'une fille de l'air is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier’s lithograph shows a man floating in the air, reaching for two men on a balcony below. Their exaggerated faces and gestures make them look shocked or amused. It’s a funny take on social class—rich men reacting to someone above them. Daumier often used humor to mock society. Here, the floating man isn’t real—just a joke about how people act when faced with the unexpected. If you like this style, 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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