Artist

Paul Gavarni

Nationality

French

Artist Dates

1804-1866

Title of Work

La Pistole

Preview

Medium

Lithograph

Height

14 1/2"

Width

9 1/2"

Gift/Purchase Information

Purchased with funds from the Myers Foundations.

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Stored: FF_008_G

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Additional Information

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 prints about fashion and contemporary life gained him recognition in the 1830s.

Published in Le Charivari

Original Text:

-Y a eu en bas une jeunesse pour vous, jeune homme..

-Pauv' Amanda!... qui ne sera pas battue ce soir.

Translation:

-There was a youth down there for you, young man ..

-Poor Amanda! ... who won't be beaten tonight.

Condition

Fair

Condition Notes

Discoloration and creasing