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Honoré DaumierLinkedCulture matchlcp-9bc3990119b3

Date

c. 1863

Medium

Gray and black wash, charcoal, and graphite, with watercolor, on cream laid paper

Culture

France, 19th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Object ID

109042

Honoré Daumier was known for his witty depictions of contemporary Parisian types, including the art collectors seen in this drawing. The sheet belongs to a series in which the artist depicted these connoisseurs in the process of closely studying works of art. Although here, the men's focus seems sincere, in many works Daumier caricatured his subjects' greediness, smugness, or obliviousness. Honoré Daumier produced watercolors primarily for collectors of his work, suggesting that this image, somewhat ironically, was intended to be sold to the very figures it depicts.

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