1870
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Trop étroit pour deux is a 1870 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two men crammed onto a tiny bench. One is slumped forward, looking tired, while the other leans back with a crown on his head. The bench is so small that their legs barely fit, and the man on the left is nearly falling off. The title *Trop étroit pour deux* (French for "too narrow for two") hints at the joke—this bench is clearly meant for one. Daumier often used humor to point out how crowded and unfair life could be. Check out Daumier, Honoré to see more of his sharp, funny drawings.
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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