1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Quel dommage que cette charmante... femme... is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three men in fancy 19th-century clothes—long coats, tall hats, and serious faces—standing close together. One holds a piece of paper like a lawyer with a case. Behind them, a woman in a long dress stands alone, facing away. The drawing is simple but full of sharp lines and quick shading. The title is a joke about the woman needing a lawyer to defend herself. Daumier often used humor to poke at society. Next, check out lithography to see how this sketch 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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