Paul Gavarni

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Paul Gavarni
1804-1866
La Chanteuse des Cafés
1844?
Watercolor and graphite touched with white, on paper.
6 1/8 x 5 inches (156 x 128 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
2003.19
Notes: 

Title from the published lithograph of the artist's design.
Watercolor of a design executed in lithograph by Gavarni and published in the journal Revue et gazette musicale on Mar. 10, 1844 as plate no. 4 in a series of prints entitled Musiciens comiques ou pittoresques.

Inscription: 

Signed in graphite at lower right: Gavarni.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Three-quarter length drawing of a young woman with dark hair playing a violin.

Associated names: 

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Reproduced in: The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982, p. 219.

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