A quarter of an hour after his death, he was still living, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, February 20, 1866
February 20, 1866
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 × 15 9/16 in. (26.3 × 39.6 cm) Sheet: 11 15/16 × 16 11/16 in. (30.3 × 42.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
Accession Number
60.708.113
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling world of 19th-century French satire Honoré Daumier reigns supreme as a master caricaturist, and this lithograph, *A quarter of an hour his death, he was living*, from the "News of the Day" series in *Leivari* (February 20, 1866), exemplifies his biting wit. Published during Napoleon III's Second Empire,Le Charivari* was a hotbed for political and social commentary, where Daumier—alongside possible collaborators Destouches and Arnaud de V—skewered the era's hypocrisies through exaggerated figures and ironic titles. The phrase evokes a darkly humorous take on death's lingering gr...
About the Artist
Destouches|Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse (French|French) · 1808 |1800 –1879 |1900
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris