Anon. Les Artistes after Paul Gavarni
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An original 1838 watercolour painting Les Artistes after Paul Gavarni.
A wonderful satirical subject after a lithograph by the French artist Paul Gavarni (pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier) (1804–1866).
Delicately painted in grisaille watercolour.
The original lithograph is one of a series of sixteen produced by Gavarni in 1838 titled 'Les Artistes', in which he satirises the clash of bohemian and bourgeois culture. Gavarni's original lithograph has the text below: '—Vois-tu camarade voilà comme tu trouveras toujours les vrais Artistes... se partageant tout en frères... la bonne et la mauvaise fortune tout!... ta giblotte est excellente. —Oui, mais camarade vous ne m'en laissez pas' ['You see, comrade, this is how you will always find true Artists... sharing everything as brothers... good and bad fortune, everything!... your stew is excellent. —Yes, but comrade you don't leave me any.'
In the 1830s Gavarni began to work for L'Artiste, La Caricature and Le Charivari. Along with Honoré Daumier he raised the status and importance of social lithography and printmaking in France in the 19th century. He was esteemed by such artists and writers as Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Honoré de Balzac.
Dimensions: Height: 15.5cm (6.1") Width: 12.3cm (4.84")
Presented: Unframed.
Medium: Watercolour
Age: Early 19th-century
Signed: Initialled indistinctly lower right.
Inscribed: No.
Dated: Dated lower right.
Condition: The paper has multiple historically repaired edge tears and an area of repaired damage at the upper centre. Additional wear, creasing and toning as shown. Please see photos for detail.
Stock number: KA-809
