ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1804-1866
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Date of Work
1840
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Height
14 3/4"
Width
9 1/4"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: FF_008_F
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
A contemporary of Honoré Daumier, Paul Gavarni was a painter and prolific lithographer. The name Gavarni was a pseudonym that resulted from a mistake being made about his real name, Hippolyte Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier, during his early career. Beginning to make lithographs in 1824, Gavarni’s prints about fashion and contemporary life gained him recognition in the 1830s.
Additional Information
Series: LES ACTRICES
Original text: Nous ferez-vous l’honneur de nous baiser la main? 1840
English: May we have the Honor of Kissing your Hand?
Lithograph, published in Le Caricature, initialed in the lithographic stone
Purchased with funds from the Myers Foundations
University Art Collections: Art & Design Study Collection
During this time, he often attended Parisian theaters. Gavarni’s graceful and elegant theater scene stands in sharp contrast to Daumier’s more audacious satirical caricatures.
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