Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
gaugain, henri-armand pierre, printer-lithographer
ardit, e. , editor
other title: les grisettes (title of the series)
date of production: 1827
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: vellum paper, watercolor, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27. 6cm
width: 19. 5cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 12. 2cm
width: 8cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
plate 10 from the series "les grisettes" by henry monnier, paris, ardit et gaugain, 1827
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - above the image on the left: "grisettes" and on the right in ink: "pl. 10" under the image on the left: "henry monnier" and on the right: "imp. Lith. De h. Gaugain" under the letter in the middle: "published by e. Ardit rue de la monnaie, n°11 and henry gaugain, rue de vaugirard n°34"
legend - under the image: you would need all the women and more
iconographic description:
two young people walking side by side are conversing. The young man stands with his legs apart, his hands in his pockets and a small red beret on his head. The young woman raises her chin, her hands in her black apron. 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 morals of their time often inspired the two artists in parallel on numerous subjects as we can see in the following extract: "endowed with a rather pretty little shady face, with red hair, troubled blue eyes, cérizet imported the morals of the kid from paris to the capital of angoumois. His lively and mocking spirit, his malignity made him formidable there. Less supervised by david in angoulême, which is to say more when he was older, he inspired more confidence in his mentor, whether the printer counted on the influence of the provinces, cérizet became, without his guardian's knowledge, the don juan in the cap of three or four little workers, and completely depraved himself. His morality, daughter of the parisian cabarets, took personal interest as his only law. [excerpt from lost illusions, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, grisette
mode of acquisition: purchase
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-127. Date: 1827.
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