Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée (Lower the Curtain, the Farce is Over)
Honoré Daumier
1834
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
image: 19.9 x 27.7 cm (7 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.) sheet: 27.5 x 36.1 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.2937
About the Artist
Honoré Daumier · 1810–1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...