Amélioration qui ne tardera pas a être apportée aux théâtres de Paris pendant la canicule., from Croquis d'Été, published in Le Charivari, August 16-17, 1859
August 16–17, 1859
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil; Hazard & Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (21.6 × 27.3 cm) Sheet: 11 13/16 × 11 1/2 in. (30 × 29.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.318
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of 19th Parisian satire with *Amélioration qui neera pas a être apport aux théâtres de pendant la canicule* ("An Improvement Soon to Be Made to the Paris Theaters During the Heatwave a lithograph from Honoré Daumier's *Croquis d'Été* series, published in the humor magazine *Le Charivari* on August 16–, 1859. Daumier, a master caricaturist often collaborating with printers like Destouches and Aaroninet, skewers everyday absurdities here amid a sweltering summer *canicule*. The scene pokes fun at overheated theatergoers, with tags suggesting men and women in comically e...
About the Artist
Destouches|Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier (French|French) · 1808 |1800 –1879 |1900
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris