Mauvais Coucheur

Paul Gavarni1852-1866

Details

Title: Mauvais Coucheur
Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Date Created: 1852-1866
Subject Keywords: man; profile; portrait
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Roles: Artist: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1865, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: iron gall ink with red ink on beige, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
Inscriptions: "3" in graphite, lower right, recto; "Mauvais coucheur" in brown ink, lower left, recto; "Gavarni" in brown ink, lower right, recto
Exhibitions: Watercolors and Drawings by Gavarni. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1953-1954., The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Dimensions: H: 7 1/2 x W: 6 in. (19.1 x 15.2 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.145

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