Paul Gavarni
La Madelaine

ArtistFrench, 1804–1866
CultureFrench
Titles
  • La Madelaine
  • from the series Les Artistes
Date1838
PlaceFrance
MediumLithograph with period hand-colouring and egg-white or gum arabic
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (19.7 × 16.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 5/16 in. (34.9 × 26.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2004.3
Non exposé

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Provenance[Jan Johnson, Old Master & Modern Prints, Inc., Montreal, Canada]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2004.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed beneath the image: "Chez Aubert gal. vero. dodat / Imp d'Aubert et Cie / La Madelaine c'était une femme qu' avait fait des bêtises / n'est pas m'sieu Henry? / A Mort!"

Printed above the image: "Les Artistes / No. 3"
Signed in pencil, recto of sheet, lower right: "Paul Gavarni"

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