Say-So, Papa!, from Masques et Visages
Catalogue
- Year
- 1853
- Dimensions
- Image: 22 × 18.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 36.4 × 26.8 cm (14 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Paul Gavarni
Artist
Printmaking
Paul Gavarni was a French lithographer and caricaturist whose satirical prints defined the visual culture of 19th-century Paris. Working primarily in lithography, he created thousands of observational sketches of urban life, society, and manners that appeared in periodicals including La Caricature and Le Charivari. His sharp wit and precise draftsmanship captured the contradictions of bourgeois life with an acid humor that influenced generations of printmakers and illustrators. Gavarni's work ranged from political satire to domestic comedy, each image dense with narrative detail and psychological acuity.
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Gulliver Awed by Three Giant Beggars in the Land of Brobdingnag
1862 · pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper, laid down
A Sailor Standing on the Shore
1859 · Pen and brown ink with wash and watercolor, heightened with white on cream wove paper, laid on card
The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain
1859 · watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) over graphite, heightened with white gouache
Masks and faces
1857 · Lithograph in black on light gray China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Physionomies Parisiennes: Le Lundi
1857 · lithograph
Physionomies Parisiennes: Au Marais. Ici, Azor! ici!
1857 · lithograph
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- Paul Gavarni
- Year
- 1853
- Dimensions
- Image: 22 × 18.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 36.4 × 26.8 cm (14 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1853-059131
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified