Artworks · Paul Gavarni

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Under the Roof of Heavens

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 19 × 15.9 cm (7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 25.2 cm (14 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Misère-et-corde!

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 20.1 × 16.2 cm (7 15/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.2 × 25.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: The old story, my lambkins

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 19 × 16 cm (7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 24.7 cm (13 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: I am Mamzelle Jolibiais' Papa

1852 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 20.3 × 16.1 cm (8 × 6 3/8 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 26.8 cm (14 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: A fine creature—and no corsets

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 20.2 × 16.1 cm (8 × 6 3/8 in.); Sheet: 36 × 24 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Mrs. Woman is a Majesty

1852 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 20.1 × 16 cm (7 15/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 35.1 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: His Majesty the King of beasts

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 20.2 × 16 cm (8 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 24.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Mr. Charles said to me: What's she got?

1852 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 20.1 × 16.3 cm (7 15/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 27.1 cm (14 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Jacques Maubourj et's son the viscount

1852 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.3 × 16.2 cm (7 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 26.6 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: This one paints...

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 19.2 × 16.2 cm (7 9/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.8 × 26.9 cm (14 1/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: It's Pretty, But...

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 19.2 × 16.5 cm (7 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 26.9 cm (14 3/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Well, now, Achilles...

1852 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 19.2 × 16.2 cm (7 9/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 26.8 cm (14 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Here is the little Dancer

1852 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.2 × 16.2 cm (7 9/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 26.8 cm (14 3/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier)

1848 · watercolor, gouache, and red chalk on wove paper

overall: 31.9 x 20.8 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mélingue acteur et statuaire

1848 · lithography on paper

width: 313 cm, height: 448 cm

Rijksmuseum

After the Pardon (Il lui sera beaucoup pardonne parce qu'elle a beaucoup danse)

1847 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

The Model and the Figure (La sculpture monumentale)

1847 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

"What are you looking for here, Philosopher?"

1847 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with watercolor additions, colored by hand

Image: 20.4 × 17.7 cm (8 1/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 27.5 cm (14 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

How much can you get from an old thing like that? As much as you can get from...Romeo, Juliet, plate VII from the suite Parisian Follies, published in Le Charivari, November 25, 1846

1846 · Lithograph; first and only state

sheet: 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (26 x 17.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pierrot

1845 · watercolor heightened with white gouache on off-white wove paper

Sheet: 31.8 x 21 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

"Une de ces mines pudibones"

1843 · lithograph on wove paper

image: 22.2 x 15 cm (8 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 33.7 x 25.3 cm (13 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Henry Monnier

1843 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

The Poor Family (Une famille pauvre)

1843 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Satan

1843 · lithograph on chine collé

Sheet: 44.6 x 31.1 cm (17 9/16 x 12 1/4 in.); Image: 20.3 x 18 cm (8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Le Carnaval à Paris

1843 · lithography on paper

width: 223 cm, height: 308 cm

Rijksmuseum

A Poor Family

1843 · Lithograph in black on cream China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/chine: 24.5 × 21.3 cm (9 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 28.7 cm (15 7/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Commentary

1843 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Image: 19 × 13.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.); Chine: 18.4 × 12.8 cm (7 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 26.1 cm (13 9/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

After Dinner

1843 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 14.5 × 19.9 cm (5 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 23.4 × 31 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gulnare (Mlle. Waldor)

1843 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 20.2 × 14.7 cm (8 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 33.9 × 26 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jésus! Il vient de me passer une bête...

1842 · hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

image: 19.8 × 15.6 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 35.7 × 27.4 cm (14 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Self-Portrait with a Cigarette

1842 · lithograph in black on chine collé

image: 22.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 32.3 x 25.9 cm (12 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Rien n'est si joli que la fable, si triste que la vérité!, plate 30 from the suite Les Lorettes, published in "Le Charivari"

1842 · Lithograph; first state of three

sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/16 in. (36 x 25.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Charles Chandellier

1842 · Lithograph in black on white China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 21.1 × 18.9 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Chine: 24.3 × 18.9 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 27.2 cm (14 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait

1842 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 22.4 × 15.6 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 31.8 × 24.4 cm (12 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Voyez-vous, mon petit Larrims...

1841 · Lithograph in black on off-white China paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Image: 21.5 × 18.9 cm (8 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.); Chine: 19.8 × 15.6 cm (7 13/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 36.3 × 27.6 cm (14 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Stevedores: PL. LII (I says to her, I says, Madam, if you have the nerve to come in here while

1841 · Lithograph

Comp. 7 5/8 x 6 1/4" (19.3 x 15.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Stevedores: PL. XXXIII (Now There's a Dandy Who Amused Himself at the Ball Like Lead in Champa

1841 · Lithograph

Comp. 7 7/8 x 6 1/8" (19.9 x 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

C'etais "pour se donner des forces"

1840 · pen and brown, blue and red ink, heightened with white, on brown prepared paper

overall: 28.2 x 20.9 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

New Works by Gavarni. Household Impressions. No. 27: Mr. Solomon

1840 · Lithograph

Comp. 7 5/8 x 6 1/2" (19.3 x 16.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brieven

1838 · lithography on paper

width: 244 cm, height: 358 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Comics' Theatre-Box

1834 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 17.2 × 13.8 cm (6 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 22.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fantasy Portrait

1834 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 14 × 12.1 cm (5 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 29.5 × 21.1 cm (11 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Écossais

1834 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.1 × 11.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 29.8 × 22.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Theatre-Box at the Ball

1834 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 13.5 × 15.1 cm (5 3/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 22.9 × 30.4 cm (9 1/16 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Dressing Gown

1834 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 19 × 14.8 cm (7 1/2 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30 × 22.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Le Phénakisticop

1834 · Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

Image: 14.8 × 11 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 29.7 × 22.3 cm (11 3/4 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Masked Ball

1834 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 15.3 × 12.3 cm (6 1/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 22.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Glass of Water

1834 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 14.5 × 14 cm (5 3/4 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 22.6 cm (12 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago