1862
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Box Office at the Theater is a 1862 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a crowded theater ticket line. Men in top hats and women with bonnets push forward, while a clerk in a long coat hands out tickets through a small window. Behind them, a poster lists ticket prices for different seats—balcony, orchestra, and stalls. The scene feels cramped and busy, with faces turned toward the clerk. Notice how the artist uses simple lines and shading to show the crowd’s energy. The poster’s text hints at how theater tickets were sold in the 1800s. Look up Realism next to see more art that focuses on everyday life.
This image was used in a stamp issued in 2008 by the French Post to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Daumier's birth.
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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