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Honoré Daumier — Paris, The Great Art Exhibition: A Moment of Rest in the Salon Carré
Honoré Daumier

Paris, The Great Art Exhibition: A Moment of Rest in the Salon Carré

1868

Cultural pilgrimage receives gentle mockery in this scene of art appreciation, where the artist's democratic sensibility finds humor in the rituals of high culture and aesthetic pretension.

Medium
wood engraving

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Honoré Daumier, Paris, The Great Art Exhibition: A Moment of Rest in the Salon Carré, 1868

Cultural pilgrimage receives gentle mockery in this scene of art appreciation, where the artist's democratic sensibility finds humor in the rituals of high culture and aesthetic pretension.

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

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Satire, Monochrome, French, 19th Century, Wood Engraving, Interior, Portrait, Genre, Figurative, Humorous

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