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Man in Night Dress

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866) (Artist)
1804-1866
ink and ink wash with graphite underdrawing heightened with white on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Inscription

"Gavarni" graphite, re-enforced with ink, in lower right; "les femmes...on croit que ça s'attache...et b'en non" in red ink, at bottom

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2005-2006 The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma.
1987-1992 Artful Deception: The Craft of the Forger. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City; Portland Museum of Art, Portland; The Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester; The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
1/1/2002 Treatment examined for exhibition; cleaned; other
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France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 11 9/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (29.3 x 21 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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37.1424

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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