Mr. Colimard, if you don't immediately stop ogling the dancers..., from 'Theater sketches,' published in Le Charivari, May 4, 1864
May 4, 1864
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/16 × 8 11/16 in. (23.4 × 22 cm) Sheet: 11 13/16 × 11 7/16 in. (30 × 29.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.357
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the lively world of 19th-century Parisian satire with *Mr. Colimard, if don't immediately stop ogling dancers...*, a lithograph by Honoré Daumier published in *Le Charivari* on 4, 1864. Daumier, a master caricaturist and key figure in French Realism, contributed thousands of biting images to this daily newspaper, skewering the bourgeoisie, politics, and social faux pas. This piece, part of his *Theater Sketches* series, captures the rowdy energy of theater audiences, where men like the hapless Mr. Colimard are comically reprimanded for leering at graceful dancers—a cheeky nod to Vict...
About the Artist
Destouches|Honoré Daumier|Aaron Martinet (French|French) · 1808 |1800 –1879 |1900
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris