1840
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Il ne faut pas mettre le doigt ... is a 1840 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows three men in a messy street scene. The man on the left wears fancy clothes and holds a mask that looks crooked. On the right, two men fight—one yanks the other’s hair. Daumier often used this rough, funny style to mock French society. The cracked pavement adds to the chaos, making the joke feel sharper. Look up lithography to see how artists like Daumier used it.
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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