Mon pauvre azor qu'est mort! ...
1850
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1850
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Two women stand close in this black-and-white print. One wears a white bonnet. She rests her hand on the other’s chest like she’s checking for a heartbeat. Daumier made this for a newspaper. The title is a sarcastic punchline—“My poor Azor is dead!”—about a fake grief ad. The women aren’t sad; they’re laughing. It’s a sharp joke about how easily we pretend to care. Look up Daumier, Honoré next.
