1858
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Voyez, cette pièce est très grande ... is a 1858 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Two men stand in a shadowy alcove. One man leans in, talking close to the other’s ear. A heavy curtain frames them like a stage, blocking out the rest of the room. Daumier made this print in 1858. At the time, lithography was new. It let artists draw right on stone, then print fast. This one feels like a snapshot of a private chat in a public space. Next, try 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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