1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Nouveau système de pendule ... is a 1855 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see several men from the waist up in a crowded setting with many clock faces. The central figure wears a tall black top hat and has a big nose. He's talking to other men, showing how people interacted with each other. This lithograph is interesting because of its details. To learn more about the method used to create it, look up the technique: lithography.
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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