The visitor and the artist, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 30, 1864
THE VISITOR: - Just look at this senseless arrangement... and these colors!... hideous!
THE ARTIST: - Cretin of a bourgeois... bugger off!
THE ARTIST: - Cretin of a bourgeois... bugger off!
Artwork Details
- Title: The visitor and the artist, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 30, 1864
- Series/Portfolio: 'Sketches from the Salon' (Croquis pris au Salon)
- Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
- Printer: Destouches (Paris)
- Publisher: Aaron Martinet (French, 1762–1841)
- Date: May 30, 1864
- Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
- Dimensions: Image: 8 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (22.4 × 23.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 10 13/16 in. (29.3 × 27.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Object Number: Ref.Daumier.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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