N'faites pas attention m'sieu ...
1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
N'faites pas attention m'sieu ... is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man in a fancy coat opens a bottle in a crowded restaurant, and foam sprays wildly into the air. Another man at the table jumps back, startled, his face scrunched in shock. The scene is loud with action, even though it’s silent on paper. This print was made using a stone slab, ink, and a press — a method called lithography. Daumier made hundreds of these quick, funny scenes for newspapers in Paris. He often poked fun at everyday life, showing how people react when things go wrong. Look up lithography to see how artists draw on stone to make prints.
