Un soliciteur Guettant ...Bineau!

1850

Honoré Daumier

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Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing of two scenes with exaggerated characters engaged in what appears to be some form of social or political commentary. The top scene shows one character with an elongated head and a briefcase approaching another character with an exaggerated head and facial features on stairs. The setting includes architectural elements like a banister and a column. In the bottom scene, a character with a long coat and top hat carries a smaller character through a rainy environment depicted with slanted lines. Other figures are sketched in the distance, adding depth to the scene. The environment conveys movement and struggle due to the rain, with the characters shown in motion.

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Q77014842

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