J. Martial Bineau (2nd Plate)
1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
J. Martial Bineau (2nd Plate) is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The image shows a big, burly man in rags striding forward. One hand grips a thick club; the other clutches his tattered coat. Behind him, broken furniture and splintered wood litter the floor. Daumier made this in 1848, the year of Paris street fights. The print mocks politicians who whipped up chaos for their own gain. Notice the way the club looks too small for his oversized hands—funny and scary at once. See the real thing at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
