1838
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Y n'y a rien comm' ça pour le rhume... is a 1838 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two older women huddled together, sharing a flickering candle flame. One holds the candle close, while the other leans in, their faces lit from below. The background is dark and blurry, with faint shapes of people or objects barely visible. The title at the bottom is in French and seems to joke about how nothing beats something for a cold. The drawing looks rough and quick, like a sketch made fast. Next, check out lithography to see how this sketch was printed.
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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