The search for a house in the country: What is especially beautiful, sir, is the view!, from 'Parisian habits,' published in Le Charivari, April 25, 1866
April 25, 1866
Medium
Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 5/8 × 7 15/16 in. (24.5 × 20.1 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (33.9 × 26.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.192
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling satirical world of mid-19th-century Paris, Honoré Daumier, alongside collaborators Arnaud de Vresse andouches, created *The Search for a House in the: What is Especially Beautiful, Sir, is the View This 1866 lithograph, the second state of two, appeared in the series *Parisian Habits* within *Le Charivari*, a humorous newspaper renowned for skewering French society. Daumier, a master of caricature, captured the era's social pretensions with his signature expressive lines and exaggerated features, printed on wove paper for sharp reproduction. The image humorously depicts a bour...
About the Artist
Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier|Destouches (French|French|French) · 1808 |1800 |1856 –1879 |1900 |1870
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris|