1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
L'Escompte d'un billet is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men at a table. One is standing, leaning in to hand something to the other man, who’s sitting with a cap on and a pipe in his pocket. The seated man looks older, with wrinkles, and is holding a small object—maybe money or a ticket—while the other man reaches over the table. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show the moment clearly. The focus is on the interaction, not the details. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was 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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