1868
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La partie de saute-mouton is a 1868 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Daumier’s lithograph shows a soldier in armor and a draped figure jumping in a wild leapfrog pose. Their stiff armor and flowing drape clash in a silly, exaggerated dance. Daumier made this to poke fun at authority. Lithographs let him mock politics in cheap prints that anyone could buy. The text above them jokes about the "game," but the scene feels tense. See how he twists real life into a joke. Next, check out 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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