1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a funny man in giant shoes climbing courthouse stairs. He carries a bundle on a stick. His long legs and big feet make him look silly. Daumier made this in 1850 to poke fun at France’s legal system. The oversized shoes and wobbly pose show how serious places can feel ridiculous under pressure. He used lithography, a printing method that lets artists draw on stone. Check out how the rough lines add to the joke.
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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