About this artwork
In this lithograph, Daumier lampooned the popularity of paintings in the annual Salon by placing an overwrought sculpture atop a round settee in the center of a painting gallery. The total number of works of art exhibited at the Salon was already over 5,000 by this date, and paintings were hung nearly from floor to ceiling. As a result, the sculpture in the middle of the room becomes effectively invisible, as viewers seated below only look outward. With so much color on the surrounding walls, the sculpture becomes a monochrome, washed-out specter despite its imposing scale and animated antics.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Honoré-Victorin Daumier
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Title
- The Displeasure of a Sculpture Placed in the Middle of an Exhibition of Paintings, plate 5 from Salon De 1857
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1857
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Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 24.6 × 21 cm (9 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 35.8 × 27.5 cm (14 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Harold Joachim
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Reference Number
- 1968.27
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/28665/manifest.json