Street Show (Paillasse) (recto); a clown playing a drum (verso)
Honoré Daumier
1825–79
Medium
Black chalk and watercolor on laid paper (recto); graphite and black chalk (verso)
Dimensions
14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (36.5 x 25.5cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.152.2
Tags
MenDrumsClownsChairs
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...