1851
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dreaming that she won the big gold bar is a 1851 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a tired woman asleep at a table, her head resting on her arms. A giant gold bar floats above her, glowing bright in the dark room. A small lamp lights her face, leaving everything else in shadow. Daumier made this for a Paris newspaper. It mocks people who dream of sudden wealth instead of real change. The gold bar looks fake, too big to be real. This print appeared in 1851, during hard times in France. Look up Honoré Daumier.
This print was published in Le Charivari (October 27, 1851) as plate 238 from the series News of the Day .
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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