Comment se termine ... une conversation conugale c. 19th century

"Comment se termine ... une conversation conugale" (How does a marital conversation end...) is a lithograph by Honoré Daumier from the 19th century. This work, part of the series "Les Bons Bourgeois" (The Good Bourgeois), satirizes the marital boredom of the middle class. The image depicts a husband slumped in a chair asleep and a wife sitting upright in a similar chair, apparently wide awake. The scene is set in a domestic setting with a portrait on the wall, providing context for the couple's social status. Daumier’s use of caricature and social commentary is characteristic of his work, and this lithograph is a humorous yet poignant observation of the realities of marriage.