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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A True Art Lover, plate 66 from Les Bons Bourgeois

1847
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
25.7 × 20 cm (10.1 × 7.9 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Daumier often employed the print medium for satire and comedy. The magnifying glass which the art lover holds is a sign of his myopia; his misplaced attention to tiny details makes him incapable of seeing the whole. The serious, contemplative figure in the adjoining painting by Daumier stands in contrast to this pompous, self-styled art critic.

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