Paul Gavarni

Paul Gavarni
1804-1866
Douleur
1841
Graphite on paper.
image: approx. 5 x 4 3/16 inches (130 x 108 mm); on sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches (219 x 188 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2129
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Title from item.

Inscription: 

Drawing signed at lower right in graphite, "Gavarni"; dated "1841" in pencil on verso.

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

Drawing shows a young man standing in a snowy graveyard in winter, leaning against the wall of a tomb, facing left, beside a gravestone which reads, "A Mon Amie".

Associated names: 

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

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