Décidément, ce qui, cette année, obtient ... c. 19th century

"Décidément, ce qui, cette année, obtient le plus de succès à l'exposition de sculpture…...ce sont les canards," a satirical lithograph by Honoré Daumier, depicts a crowd of people admiring sculptures, seemingly oblivious to a black swan and her cygnet in the foreground. Daumier’s caricature of the art world critiques the public's preference for mundane subjects over true artistic merit. The drawing's simplicity and use of text add to the humorous critique of the art world and the pretentiousness of its patrons, a theme often explored in Daumier's work.