Cuillère de bois de la prison Mazas, D.7242(1), En 1871

Author(s): gautier, armand-désiré (lille, 19–06–1825 - lille, 29–01–1894), designer production date: in 1871 type(s) of object(s): drawing, graphic arts name(s): drawing dimensions - artwork: height: 13cm width: 21. 6cm dimensions - museum assembly: height: 48. 1cm width: 37. 1cm dimensions - museum master key: height: 50cm width: 40cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription - on the back of the drawing at the bottom left handwritten in pencil: "31-00". \ pencil inscription signature of the performer - on the front, on the drawing at the bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "august 2, 1871. Mazas. A. Gautier. ". \ inscription in ink stamp - on the front, on the drawing at the bottom left, stamp in blue ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). \ inscription in ink inscription - on the front, on the drawing at the bottom left, handwritten entry number in black ink: "e. 6574 (11) a. 04". \ inscription in ink inscription - on the front, on the drawing at the bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "12" (corrected the 2 has been transformed into 1). \ pencil inscription inscription - on the back of the drawing, in the center, handwritten in pencil: "to leave on / a separate sheet". \ pencil inscription inventory number - on the back of the drawing at the bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "d7242". \ pencil inscription legend - on the front, on the drawing at the top, handwritten in black ink: "in each cell there is a small poster, thus designed. / mazas prison. / state of the objects compassing the furniture / of the cell of an able-bodied detainee. / on this small poster appears a wooden spoon / here it is in color and shape reproduced mathematically, / it is with this piece of wood that one must eat, ah who / the man who enters prison without money is immediately gives death / i guess what the unfortunate person must suffer; that's all we know, we pay for everything in advance, as with the church, / public houses and convents where money is everything / and in all these establishments there are locks, exploitation, teasing, and tyranny. (“a wooden spoon” is underlined). \ inscription in ink iconographic description: wooden spoon from mazas prison. Mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 29–12–1904 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: d. 7242. Date: En 1871.