1854
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Why are they taking away my money... is a 1854 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows an old man in a cap, pointing at a fat man in a top hat. The fat man holds a stack of coins. The fat man looks calm. The old man looks angry. Daumier made this for a daily paper called *Le Charivari*. The paper mocked politics then. This is one of 96 prints in a series called *News of the Day*. It’s a quick sketch but full of sharp feeling. If you like this, check out Daumier’s other works at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print was published in Le Charivari (June 17, 1854) as plate 71 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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