"Mister, that won't do!...You have to make it right for me, mister!!!" 1837

Editor: This lithograph, "Mister, that won't do!...You have to make it right for me, mister!!!" by Honoré Daumier, it really captures a moment of intense confrontation. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Ah, Daumier, a master of social commentary! I see a potent blend of indignation and vulnerability. The man with the whip is clearly aggrieved, but the fellow in bed seems genuinely bewildered, wouldn't you say? It's a window into the power dynamics of 19th-century France, perhaps a landlord and a tenant? Editor: That’s interesting, I hadn’t thought about the social commentary. Curator: Daumier was a keen observer of human foibles. These scenes of everyday life, often laced with satire, reveal so much about the anxieties and inequalities of his time. And isn't the exaggerated emotion rather operatic? Editor: I see that now! I’ll definitely look at Daumier differently after this.