This one may look as unhappy as a rock, before I would give him a job, published in "Le Boulevard"
June 8, 1862
Medium
Lithograph; second state of three (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/16 × 8 5/8 in. (26.5 × 21.9 cm) Sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (44.9 × 31.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.12
Tags
Art Historical Context
Honoré Daumier, a master of 19th-century French satire, created *This one may look as as a rock, before would give him a job published in the satirical periodical *Le Boulevard* on 8, 1862. This lithograph, in its second state of three (as cataloged by Delteil), Daumier's signature style of sharp social commentary through exaggerated caricature. Printed in black ink on a large sheet (17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.), it exemplifies the affordability and wide reach of lithography, which allowed Daumier to French society for mass audiences during the Second Empire. The image likely depicts a humorous exc...
About the Artist
Bertauts|Honoré Daumier (French|French) · 1830 |1808 –1860 |1879
|French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois