Big hot ones! Hot!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 14, 1868

Big hot ones! Hot!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 14, 1868 by Honoré Daumier|Destouches|Aaron Martinet

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 9 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (24.1 × 22.1 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 10 15/16 in. (29.2 × 27.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953

Accession Number

53.622.47

Tags

SatireMen

About the Artist

Honoré Daumier|Destouches|Aaron Martinet · 18101879

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...

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