1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Un usage d'Inde is a 1844 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two men in a room, one talking with his hands up, the other’s face caught in surprise. Daumier uses bold lines to push their emotions past normal. It’s funny but sharp—poking fun at people who pretend to know everything. Daumier worked fast with stone and ink, a trick called lithography. He made prints to sell cheap, so regular folks could laugh at the powerful. Look up lithography if you want to see how this trick works.
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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