2015.51.2 Honoré Daumier, Insurrection Against Husbands Is Proclaimed as Being the First and Holiest Duty in Life!
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The three women in this scene place their hands on a man’s top hat to make an oath.
1942.113 Honoré Daumier, This woman has something I like . . . in her general appearance!
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This lithograph was part of the series As You Like It, which contained ninety-four works published in Le Charivari
2015.51.3 Honoré Daumier, The Human Comedy: Reading of the Will
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A lawyer reads a will to a group of men and women who listen with various degrees of interest and anticipation to learn what, if anything, they have inherited.
1962.63 Honoré Daumier, Current Events, No. 385: Ever since Mr. Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear from one moment to the next, the Parisians are taking all necessary precautions, even at midday.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In a scene that appears to take place on a Paris street in the middle of the afternoon, a portly gentleman and an older lady carry candle-lit lanterns
1962.67 Honoré Daumier, Just look what a degenerated and corrupt world we are living in! . . . all these people just look at more or less monstrous paintings and not one of them stops in front of a painting depicting the beauty and purity of nature!
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Between May 30, 1864, and June 24, 1865, Le Charivari published ten prints from Daumier’s series As You Like It
1962.65 Honoré Daumier, Human Infirmaties, No. 1: Do you hear me, my dear sir, what I am telling you? Sir, I hear only too well
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Honoré Daumier depicts two middle-class men engaged in conversation; the man on the right seems to be making a point that the other finds objectionable.
1962.64 Honoré Daumier, Parisian Types, No. 4: Old Scoundrel! (Types Parisiens, Pl 4: Vieux Scelerat!)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Two lawyers wearing their judicial robes walk among a crowd as they engage in what appears to be a curious conversation. Their expressions, as well as the text, suggest they just successfully completed an underhanded courtroom maneuver.
1956.77 Honoré Daumier, The Ministerial Madhouse: Different Obsessions of Deranged Politicians
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Honoré Daumier used lithographs printed in La Caricature to relentlessly attack “Citizen-King” Louis-Philippe’s regime.
1981.116 Henri Fantin-Latour, Flowers and Grapes
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although a prolific artist in a variety of genres, Henri Fantin-Latour is best known for his still-life paintings. A contemporary of the Impressionists, he disapproved of the increasingly popular plein-air (outdoor) painting they championed, favoring instead the controlled, predictable environment of his studio.
1981.132 Camille Pissarro, Peasant Woman Carrying Two Bundles of Hay
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro depicted peasants throughout his career. In 1873, however, he began focusing on the traditional aspects of agrarian life, such as manual labor, that were under threat of disappearing due to rapid industrialization.