Paul Gavarni

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Paul Gavarni
1804-1866
Study of a Waiter
Pen and black ink, watercolor, white opaque watercolor, over graphite, on light brown paper.
4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (108 x 89 mm)
Bequest of John M. Thayer.
2005.83
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Signed in graphite at lower left, "Gavarni".

Provenance: 
The artist's estate sale, 1877 (L. 957); Malcolm Forbes; sale, New York, Christie's, 14 October 1993, lot 49; John M. Thayer, Wilmington, DE.
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Forbes, Malcolm, former owner.
Thayer, John M. (John MacLane), 1944-2004, former owner.

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