1868
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vous croyez peut être que c'est un spectateur... is a 1868 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows an old theater stage lit by gas lamps. A lone man in the audience stares at the empty stage, arms crossed. The artist used gray ink to create shadows and light. Daumier made over 4,000 lithographs in his lifetime. This one pokes fun at theatergoers who pretend to watch plays but really just want to be seen. Check out more of the artist’s work 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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