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Pierrot
Paul Gavarnic. 1850–60
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This drawing, by caricaturist Paul Gavarni, presents a character from pantomime and festival culture. Called Pierrot, he is recognizable by his comically ill-fitting clothes and was popular in performances during Gavarni's lifetime. The artist drew Pierrot several times late in his career, often adding humorous captions, which likely related to his work in printmaking and illustration.
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- Title: Pierrot
- Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866)
- Date Created: c. 1850–60
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31.8 x 21 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: (Keppel & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.854
- Medium: watercolor heightened with white gouache on off-white wove paper
- Inscriptions: Inscribed, lower right, in red wash: Gavarni; lower left, in red wash: Les femmes sont farces!
- Fun Fact: Around the time that Paul Gavarni made this drawing, he also created a series of prints called <em>School of the Pierrots </em>(1851–53), which chronicled the character's misadventures.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 1923.854
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