The Art Critic
Honore Daumier (1808-79), The Art Critic, lithograph, plate 2 from the series Croquis Pris au Salon par Daumier, published in Le Charivari, 1864. Daumier Register 3294, second state (of 2). A impression from Le Charivari, with letterpress verso.
A very good, strong impression.
From the Daumier Register:
Original Text:
LE VISITEUR – Oh! pour le coup voila une composition qui est reellement insensee!…. et quelle couleur!
L’ARTISTE – Cretin de bourgeois va!
Translation:
THE VISITOR: – Just look at this senseless arrangement… and these colours!… hideous!
The artist: – Cretin of a bourgeois… bugger off!