1847
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ma femme est-elle a la maison? is a 1847 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people outside a building. One is a woman in a long dress and a bonnet, standing still. The other is a man in a top hat and coat, leaning out a window with a long pole in his hands. The woman looks up at the man, who seems to be handing her something. The drawing is rough and sketchy, but it tells a quick story. Next, look up lithography to see how this kind of drawing 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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