Un Quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie (A Quarter of an Hour after His Death, He Was Still Alive)
Honoré Daumier
1866
Medium
lithograph on newsprint
Dimensions
sheet: 28.6 × 41.8 cm (11 1/4 × 16 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1979.49.255
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...