1855
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar is a 1855 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a man standing in a courtroom, looking upset. He's been convicted of selling crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar. This is interesting because it shows a satirical view of the justice system. The man's situation is ridiculous, and that's the point. The artist is commenting on the flaws in the system. Check out more works at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print was published in Le Charivari (December 7, 1855) as plate 252 from the series News of the Day .
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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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