Honoré Daumier, <i>The Trouble of steel-reinforced petticoats when the spring breaks.</i>, detail. Lithograph, from the series <I>Croquis Parisisens</i> published in Le Charivari, 1857. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection.

April 16 - August 14, 2005
Selected from the Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection.

About the exhibition

The Cutting Edge of Fashion pokes fun at the modes of the day in Paris, the nineteenth-century capital of elegant dress. Daumier's caricatures highlight the prevalent styles for men and women as well as mock some of the unwieldy and challenging designs of women's haute couture.

Sunday May 15, 3pm
Gallery Talk
Led by Victoria Steele, Head of Special Collections, UCLA Library.

Above: Honoré Daumier. That's odd I’ve had my arm around four waists just like those in my life..., 1840, detail. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection. Inset: Honoré Daumier, The Trouble of steel-reinforced petticoats when the spring breaks., detail. Lithograph, from the series Croquis Parisisens published in Le Charivari, 1857. The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection.