Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
ardit, e. , printer-lithographer
gaugain, henri-armand pierre, 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. 2cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 12. 5cm
width: 9. 2cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
plate 3 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: "pl. 3" under the image on the left: "henry monnier" and on the right: "lith. De e. Ardit" under the letter in the middle: "published by e. Ardit rue de la monnaie, n°11 and ch. H. Gaugain, r. Vivienne n°2"
caption - under the image: léon!. . . Please don't destroy yourself
iconographic description:
a young woman rushes towards a man who, umbrella on his arm, coat on and wearing a top hat, is going out. She grabbed his shoulders. 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 in parallel on numerous subjects as we can see in the following extract: "this life, which is only found in paris, and which offers something new every day, had become more than a habit for philippe; it constituted a necessity like his tobacco and his small glasses. So he recognized that he could not live without these continual enjoyments. The idea of suicide passed to him in his head, not because of the deficit that was going to be recognized in his fund, but because of the impossibility of living with mariette and in the atmosphere of pleasure in which he had been floundering for a year. " [excerpt from la rabouilleuse, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, grisette
mode of acquisition: purchase
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-120. Date: 1827.
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