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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Visit to the Salon. Obviously all the sculptors are a naughty bunch, plate 1 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

1847
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
26.8 × 21.5 cm (10.6 × 8.5 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

While the annual Salon was open to the public, this print suggests that perhaps not all Salon exhibits were appropriate for everyone. Here a father angrily escorts his two children away from a crowd of men looking at nude sculptures. The scandalized parent makes a lively counterpoint to the voyeuristic male viewers. Daumier’s ironic title implies that the artist agrees with his audience’s purported sense of modesty while teasingly drawing on their secretly lustful inclinations.

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