Two Dancers Backstage

Paul Gavarni1852

Details

Title: Two Dancers Backstage
Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Date Created: 1852
Subject Keywords: woman; man; genre
External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
Roles: Artist: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: watercolor, graphite and crayon heightened with white on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
Inscriptions: "11" in graphite,verso; "Gavarni" in graphite, lower left
Exhibitions: Gavarni. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993., 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: 9 x W: 6 11/16 in. (22.9 x 17 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1431

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