Honoré Daumier

The Salesman's Hoax. – A Design Out of Fashion. "This kind of fabric has a delightful shade; Madame is the first to whom I have shown it.... all our young women are going to tear each other apart for it. What a charming design.... it would look marvellous on such an elegant form.... you absolutely need this, Madame," plate 2 from Les Carottes

1844

Dating

Exact year

Held at

Art Institute of Chicago

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 22.4 × 17.8 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 27.4 cm (14 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Collection no.

1923.52

Attribution

By the artist