Le retour des huitres c. 19th century

"Le Retour des Huitres," a lithograph by Honoré Daumier, satirizes the bourgeois obsession with food. Created in the 19th century, it depicts two men seated at a table piled with oysters and wine, their faces distorted with exaggerated pleasure. Daumier's signature caricatures, filled with dark humor, are a potent critique of social trends and class differences, using humor to reveal the absurdity of daily life. The artwork, part of a series titled "Les Beaux Jours de la Vie," reflects Daumier's keen observation of his time and the societal trends prevalent in mid-19th-century France.