1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Entre deux fauteuils le ...monsieur par terre is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a person sitting on the floor between two fancy chairs. The chairs are labeled 'BYZANCE' and 'GRECE', and each has a crown symbol on it. The person looks confused and is wearing torn clothes, which is an interesting contrast to the fancy chairs. This artwork seems to be making a point about something, but I'm not sure what. To learn more about this kind of printmaking, look up the technique: lithography.
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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