At the bar, meeting point for the true lovers of French sculpture and Bavarian beer, from 'Exhibition sketches,' published in Le Charivari, June 3, 1865
June 3, 1865
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/16 × 8 1/2 in. (23.4 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 in. × 11 in. (29.2 × 28 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.288
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of 19th-century French satire with *At the bar, meeting point for the true lovers French sculpture and Bavarian*, a lithograph by Honoré Daumier (with contributions from Aaron Martinet and Dest). Published in the satirical newspaper *Le Charari* on June 3, 1865, as part of the series *Exhibition sketches*, this pokes fun at the Parisian art scene during a major exhibition, likely the Salon. Daumier, a master caricaturist, contrasts lofty cultural pretensions with earthy pleasures, showing boisterous men gathered at a bar, mugs in hand amid cigar smoke. Rendered in li...