Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
bernard, charles louis (paris, 29–06–1769 - paris, 11–09–1848), designer-lithographer
giraldon and bovinet, editor
other title: recreation (series title)
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: watercolor, vellum paper, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 23cm
width: 31. 4cm
dimensions - image:
height: 19. 7cm
width: 21. 7cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
wet stamp - t. H. : monogram a m and 2 r next to each other?
title of the work - above the image: recreations
number - above the image on the right: pl. 12. Caption - in the image on the left: my days of in are gonein the image on the right: trust betrayedin the image on the left bottom: recreationin the image at the bottom: distractionin the image on the bottom right: surprise mixed with joy. Inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier delunder the image on the right: litho de bernard
registration concerning the test - under the image: in paris, at giraldon-bovinet, passage vivienne, n°24. Iconographic description:
composition in five sketches. In the left part above: two young people greet each other before starting to dance, in the foreground, a middle-aged man with a thick waist and holding a cane observes them with envy. In the left part at the bottom: a woman artist leans over her drawing board, she takes as a model a canvas placed on an easel. On the right side at the top: a man in a military uniform notices with surprise the presence of boots, a hat and a cane placed on a chair, but these do not belong to him. On the right side, at the bottom: character figure, a man with folded hands remains speechless. In the center: a man while walking is immersed in reading a small book, he holds an umbrella under his arm and, more eccentric, he is wearing a frilly woman's hat. Actor, playwright and designer, henry monnier helped illustrate la comédie humaine. His engravings of administrative morals, and especially his play scenes from bureaucratic life, clearly inspired balzac for his novel la femme supérieure, renamed les employés. The same references to the customs of their time often inspired the two artists on numerous subjects, as we can see in the following extract: schmucke was as distracted as pons was attentive. If pons was a collector, schmucke was a dreamer; the latter studied beautiful moral things, as the other saved beautiful material things. Pons saw and bought a porcelain cup during the time schmucke took to blow his nose, thinking of some motif from rossini, bellini, beethoven, mozart, and searching in the world of feelings where the origin or the reply of this musical phrase could be found. Schmucke, whose savings were managed by distraction, pons, prodigal by passion, both arrived at the same result: zero in the stock market on new year's eve each year. " [excerpt from le cousin pons, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, artist, dancer, disguise - cross-dressing, cuckold, artist
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 45. Date: Unknown.
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