1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un triomphe d'avocat is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a man kissing a startled woman on the cheek. People in the background look on, some amused, others confused. Daumier packs real mood into simple lines—notice the woman’s shocked face and the man’s overly cheerful grin. It’s from a series mocking Parisian social climbing. The title, “A Lawyer’s Triumph,” hints at satire. The text below reads *Les Beaux Jours de la Vie*—“The Good Old Days.” Look up Daumier, Honoré next.
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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