–Are you going to open the door of the cage? –Indeed.... I am going to repaint it, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"
March 22, 1870
Medium
Lithograph on wove paper; third state of three (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 5/16 × 8 1/16 in. (23.6 × 20.4 cm) Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (35.8 × 25.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.132
Tags
Art Historical Context
This witty lithograph, titled *–Are you going to open the door of the cage? –Indeed.... I am going to repaint it, from 'News of the Day,' published in "Le Charivari"*, was created by Honoré Daumier, with possible contributions from Arnaud de Vresse and Walter Frères, and published on March 22, 1870. Daumier, a master of French caricature, contributed prolifically to *Le Charivari*, a satirical newspaper that skewered politics, society, and daily life under Napoleon III's Second Empire. Printed on wove paper in its third and final state (as cataloged by Delteil), this work exemplifies the era's...
About the Artist
Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier|Walter Frères (French|French|French) · 1808 |1800 |1856 –1879 |1900 |1870
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris|