1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Monsieur, je souscris pour le temblement de terre ... is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men in an office, separated by a partition. They're having a formal conversation. The man on the left is signing a document, and the other man is watching him. This scene shows the social dynamics of the time. Daumier liked to comment on society in his work. He often used satire to make points about the people and issues of his day. Check out the work of artist: Daumier, Honoré, to see more of his commentary on society.
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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