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At The Bar. Meeting point for the true lovers of French sculpture and Bavarian beer, plate 5 from Croquis pris à l'exposition

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.
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  • A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

Date:

1865

Artist:

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

About this artwork

Daumier portrayed Salon exhibitions over several decades for comic journals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, which published this lithograph. This print suggests the different reasons for which visitors came to Paris and the Salon. Shown here are flaneurs who install themselves by the bar, sarcastically labeled by Daumier as “the true lovers” of art, implying that a real Salon enthusiast would spend time with the art instead of just being present to be observed.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

At The Bar. Meeting point for the true lovers of French sculpture and Bavarian beer, plate 5 from Croquis pris à l'exposition

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1865

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 23.3 × 21.6 cm (9 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 35.8 × 27.6 cm (14 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1953.601

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