Regardez donc un peu oû ils ont niché mon cadre!..., from L'Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, April 20, 1859
April 20, 1859
Medium
Lithograph; second state (Delteil)
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 1/8 in. (27.6 × 35.8 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (21.6 × 26.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.187
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the satirical world of 19th-century Paris with *Regardez donc un peu oû ils ont nich mon cadre!...,* a lithograph from Honoré Daumier, alongside collaborators Aaron Martinet and Dest. Published in the irreverent newspaper *Le Charivari* on April 20, 1859, this print skewers the chaos of the *Exposition de 1859—the annual Paris art salon where ambitious works vied for attention amid notoriously haphazard installations. The title, translating to "Look where they've tucked away my frame!", captures the frustration of an overlooked artist, poking fun at the art world's pretensions and po...