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The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain
by Paul Gavarni
About the Artwork
The subject here-a man who raises livestock and happens to be a captain as well-is one in a long line of Parisian characters that Gavarni chronicled in his career. This sheet once belonged to the collection of the artist's watercolors made for the important Parisian publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Composed of about 200 sheets executed mostly in 1859-60, Hetzel's collection was a rare ensemble of the artist's best work in the medium.
Inscriptions
signed, lower right, in gray wash: Gavarni; by artist, lower left, in gray wash: Banlieue. Nourrisseur et Capitaine; upper right, in graphite: [5?]7; verso, lower right, in graphite: ntb 2; lower right, in red crayon: No 81 [upside down, underlined]
Provenance
?-1884: Pierre-Jules Hetzel [1814-1886], Paris 1884: (Hotel Drouot, Hetzel sale, Paris, 26 May 26, 1884, no. 45) 1925: (Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 3, 1925, no. 23) By 1975: (Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London) 1976: (Paris art market, sold to Shepherd Gallery, New York) 1976: (Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH) 1976-2008: Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH 2008-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866)
- Date
- probably 1859–1860
- Medium
- watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) over graphite, heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29.4 x 21 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 38 x 29.4 cm (14 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2008.411
More by Paul Gavarni in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011382
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