Dreaming that she won the big gold bar

1851

Satirizing the lottery fever of mid-19th century France, this lithograph exemplifies Daumier's talent for capturing human dreams and delusions through expressive characterization.

Medium: lithograph

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Honoré Daumier, Dreaming that she won the big gold bar, 1851