Come on... don't be such a bourgeois.... at least have a look at this Courbet!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 22, 1865

Come on... don't be such a bourgeois.... at least have a look at this Courbet!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 22, 1865 by Honoré Daumier|Destouches|Aaron Martinet

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 9 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (23.8 × 20.7 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 11 9/16 in. (29.5 × 29.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1922

Accession Number

22.61.298

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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