1842
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vous savez bien l'éponge que vous disiez... is a 1842 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men talking, one with a confused look and the other wearing a chef's hat. They're standing in a kitchen with utensils behind them. This scene is interesting because it shows a moment of everyday conversation, which was a common theme in Daumier's work. To learn more about the method used to create this image, look up the technique: lithography.
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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