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119 - Paul Gavarni (1804–1866)
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Estimate €600 - €700
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Paul Gavarni (1804–1866) “Don’t mention the bourgeois to him!”, drawing in Indian ink and wash, title in the lower left-hand corner, signature in the lower right-hand corner, 28/17 cm, in a wooden frame with gilded stucco (19th century); the lithograph published from our drawing is enclosed. One of the two figures from Gavarni’s famous pair, ‘The Bourgeois and the Artist’. Provenance: Estate of Jules Hetzel, Paris; Mrs Lafon Sienkeiwicz, Sèvres. London, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, “Nineteenth Century French Drawings”, 13 June – 14 July 1979, no. 23, reproduced in the catalogue. Christie’s auction of 27 and 28 May 2002, Lot 354.
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Auction time 09/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
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