Cette Annee encore des Venus..., from Croquis Pris au Salon par Daumier, Vol. IX. pub. in Le Charivari, Honoré Daumier; Lithographer: Destouches; Publisher: Charles Philipon | Mia

Plate 2 — Cette Annee encore des Venus..., from Croquis Pris au Salon par Daumier, Vol. IX. pub. in Le Charivari, 1864
Honoré Daumier; Lithographer: Destouches; Publisher: Charles Philipon
Lithograph
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966 P.17,619
Not on View
Famous for satirizing politicians—a talent that got him briefly jailed—Daumier was forced to find milder targets after Emperor Napoleon III’s caricature crackdown in 1852–66. “Connoisseurs” became favorite topics of his ridicule. Here, after bemoaning the number of classical nudes on exhibit, the woman at left adds, “as if there were any women built like that!”

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Title: Cette Annee encore des Venus..., from Croquis Pris au Salon par Daumier, Vol. IX. pub. in Le Charivari
Dated: 1864
Artist: Honoré Daumier; Lithographer: Destouches; Publisher: Charles Philipon
Nationality: French
Artist Life: 1808–1879
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (27.31 x 21.91 cm) (image)
Credit: The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
Accession Number: P.17,619
Medium: Lithograph
Country: France
Century: 19th century
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints
Catalogue Raisonne: HD 1560
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Portfolio: From Le Charivari, (Paris, 1864)
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