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Chez le tailleur chez le coiffeur

1853

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing featuring two scenarios - one at a tailor shop and the other at a hair salon. The top panel shows two people in the tailor shop with exaggerated, humorous interactions during a clothing fitting. The bottom panel depicts a scene in the hair salon with a comical hairdressing session. The illustrations are detailed and characterized by expressive, exaggerated characters in a satirical style. The scenes focus on humor in everyday tasks.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer)
Accession Number

2015.143.584
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 2385, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q77013417

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