Are you sure at least that I will be comfortable?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 14, 1866
August 14, 1866
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/2 × 8 5/8 in. (24.2 × 21.9 cm) Sheet: 11 13/16 × 10 1/2 in. (30 × 26.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.249
Tags
Art Historical Context
**"Are you sure at least I will be comfortable?" is a witty lithograph by Honoré Daumier the renowned French caricaturist, in the satirical newspaper *Le Charari* on August , 1866, as part of its "News of the Day series. Created in collaboration with artists like Arnaud de Vresse andouches, this third-state impression on newsprint captures Daumier's signature style of sharp social commentary through exaggerated figures and expressive lines. Measuring about 9½ × 8⅝ inches, it exemplifies mid-19th-century lithography, a technique Daumier mastered to produce affordable, mass-distributed prints th...
About the Artist
Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches|Honoré Daumier (French|French|French) · 1808 |1800 |1856 –1879 |1900 |1870
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris|