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Medium
Gray and black wash, charcoal, and graphite, with watercolor, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
{"sheet":{"height":0.262,"width":0.194},"secondary support":{"height":0.275,"width":0.194}}
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession Number
1927.208
Tags
male
About this artwork
Honoré Daumier was known for his witty depictions of contemporary Parisian types, including the art collectors seen in this drawing. The sheet belongs to a series in which the artist depicted these connoisseurs in the process of closely studying works of art. Although here, the men's focus seems sincere, in many works Daumier caricatured his subjects' greediness, smugness, or obliviousness.