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Lower the Curtain, the Farce Is Over, Honoré Daumier

Lower the Curtain, the Farce Is Over

Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French) (1808-1879)

Movement
Realism
Date
1834
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
19.9 × 27.7 cm (sheet)
Collection
National Gallery of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
National Gallery of Art, public domain

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Black and whiteCaricatureSatireHumorGenre sceneParisian lifeLetteringInscription19th centuryClownPierrotTheaterCurtainStageSingle figureStatueActorOrchestraBackstageCeremonyRuffTextBuildingMusician
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