1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Il faut avouer que je viens d'avoir une ... is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier shows five people on a cliff staring at a ship sinking into rough waves. One man in a top hat holds a spyglass to his eye. This lithograph from 1854 feels urgent—Daumier used quick, scratchy lines to make the sea look alive. The cliff tilts toward us, like the group might slide right off. It’s more than a storm scene. Look up 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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