1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un joli calembour is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two men playing cards at a small wooden table. Light from a nearby lamp casts sharp shadows on their faces. One man leans in, grinning, while the other stares blankly at his cards. Daumier often mocked Parisian life in his work. Here, he pokes fun at how people act when they think no one’s watching. The dim room makes their expressions stand out even more. If you like this kind of sharp humor, check out Daumier, Honoré.
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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