1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un terrible cauchemar is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a huge sleeping man with tiny, dancing figures on his belly. The man looks peaceful. The little figures wear bright costumes and move fast. It’s funny but also weird. Daumier made this in 1854, before cartoons were common. The scene feels like a dream you can’t control. See a real one at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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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