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Honoré Daumier — At the Opera Ball: Long live the smartly dressed crowd!
Honoré Daumier

At the Opera Ball: Long live the smartly dressed crowd!

1868

Satirical wood engraving captures the pretentious social theater of Parisian high society, with Daumier's characteristic wit skewering the artificial elegance of opera-goers through expressive line work and keen social observation.

Medium
wood engraving

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Honoré Daumier, At the Opera Ball: Long live the smartly dressed crowd!, 1868

Satirical wood engraving captures the pretentious social theater of Parisian high society, with Daumier's characteristic wit skewering the artificial elegance of opera-goers through expressive line work and keen social observation.

Medium
wood engraving
Year
1868
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Wood Engraving, Social Commentary, Urban, Opera, Figurative, Humorous, Satirical

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