1841
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Ah! You Think Your Wife Does Not Provide Enough for You, Villain. . . . is a 1841 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a man in a coat and hat pointing at a woman who looks tired. The caption reads: "Ah! You think your wife does not provide enough for you, villain. . ." Daumier used prints like this to mock marriage duties in 19th-century France. He drew for *Le Charivari*, a funny news sheet. Look up Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) next.
This print, after the addition of a title and captions, was published in Le Charivari (June, 6, 1841) as plate 38 from the series Matrimonial Customs .
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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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