AT-00012532
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Study for a Scene from "Carnaval"
by Paul Gavarni
Inscriptions
Lower margin, in black ink: Ecoute bien, ô jeunesse, ce que tu vas ouïr: faut pas accorder toute ta confiance / au premier venue . . . . . . . le second serait fume ! ! Verso, upper left, in graphite: 16 in a circle
Provenance
Shepherd Gallery, New York City, Sept. 1976 Muriel Butkin
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866)
- Date
- c. 1847
- Medium
- black chalk with touches of white gouache; border in black ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 26 x 18.6 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.); Border: 20.5 x 16.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2015.47
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