View of a studio the final week before the exhibition, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 1, 1864
April 1, 1864
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 7/16 × 8 1/4 in. (23.9 × 21 cm) Sheet: 11 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (30.1 × 30.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.468
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the frenzied world of 19th-century artists with Honoré Daumier's *View of a Studio the Final Week Before the Exhibition*, lithograph from his *Parisian Sketches* series, published the satirical newspaper *Le Charari* on April 1, 1864. Daumier, a master caricaturist and key figure in French Realism, often skewered the pretensions of society, and here he turns his sharp eye to the art world. Printed with collaborators like Destouches and Aaron Martinet, this second-state impression on newsprint captures the chaos of last-minute preparations—palettes flying, canvases askew, and harried ...
About the Artist
Destouches|Honoré Daumier|Aaron Martinet (French|French) · 1808 |1800 –1879 |1900
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris