1839
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vous raisonnez comme une canne! is a 1839 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows two men face to face, fists up like they’re about to fight. One wears a tall hat, the other a round hat. Their faces are twisted—big noses, wild eyes. Daumier makes fun of how some people brag or bully. The title says “You reason like a cane”—like calling someone dumb. Daumier used prints to mock politics and society. This one feels like a quick, angry joke. Look up more 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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