1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Et les cinq francs de ce matin? is a 1839 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man in a coat and hat yells at a woman in a bonnet. Her mouth is wide open. Their faces twist with anger and surprise. Daumier loved drawing these kinds of scenes. He worked fast with a greasy crayon on stone to make prints. This one pokes fun at everyday fights. It feels like a quick sketch, but it’s a lithograph. Look up lithography if you want to see how these prints are 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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