id: 105769
accession number: 1923.854
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Pierrot, c. 1850-60. Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). Watercolor heightened with white gouache on off-white wove paper; sheet: 31.8 x 21 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1923.854
title: Pierrot
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creation date: c. 1850-60
creation date earliest: 1845
creation date latest: 1865
current location:
creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: watercolor heightened with white gouache on off-white wove paper
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
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CREATORS
* Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866) - artist
Gavarni captured the private lives of Parisians in the over 4,000 illustrations he produced for journals and magazines.
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measurements: Sheet: 31.8 x 21 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
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description: off-white wove paper
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inscriptions:
inscription: Inscribed, lower right, in red wash: Gavarni; lower left, in red wash: Les femmes sont farces!
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remark:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections
opening date: 1924-06-23T04:00:00
Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art (June 23-October 23, 1924).
title: Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830
opening date: 1932-12-07T05:00:00
Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 7, 1932-January 11, 1933).
title: Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections
opening date: 1935-07-12T04:00:00
Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 12-September 15, 1935).
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1937-05-28T04:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-December 9, 1937).
title: Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1939-01-04T05:00:00
Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 4-March 26, 1939).
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1940-07-11T04:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940).
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1941-03-04T05:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 27, 1941).
title: French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections
opening date: 1942-01-06T05:00:00
French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1942-06-17T04:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).
title: 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans
opening date: 1943-06-22T04:00:00
19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943).
title: Drawings
opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).
title: French Watercolors
opening date: 1965-09-29T04:00:00
French Watercolors. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (September 29-October 10, 1965).
title: French Drawings
opening date: 1965-11-10T05:00:00
French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 1965-February 16, 1966).
title: Brush Drawings
opening date: 1981-03-03T05:00:00
Brush Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 3-May 10, 1981).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* French Watercolors, 1760–1860. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (September 29–October 24, 1965).
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PROVENANCE
(Keppel & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
date: ?-1923
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citations:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1923-
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fun fact:
Around the time that Paul Gavarni made this drawing, he also created a series of prints called School of the Pierrots (1851–53), which chronicled the character's misadventures.
digital description:
This drawing, by caricaturist Paul Gavarni, presents a character from pantomime and festival culture. Called Pierrot, he is recognizable by his comically ill-fitting clothes and was popular in performances during Gavarni's lifetime. The artist drew Pierrot several times late in his career, often adding humorous captions, which likely related to his work in printmaking and illustration.
wall description:
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
T. S. "An Exhibition of Drawings." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 11, no. 7 (1924): 140-44.
page number: Mentioned: p. 124; Reproduced: on cover
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136780
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page number: Reproduced: p. 45
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n47
French Watercolors, 1760–1860. Exh. cat. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1965.
page number: Mentioned: no. 50
url:
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