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), printer-lithographer
giraldon-bovinet, 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: 31. 1cm
width: 21. 9cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 13. 3cm
width: 9. 5cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
plate 11 from the series "les grisettes" by henry monnier, paris, giraldon and bovinet, 1827
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - above the image on the left: "grisettes" and on the right: "pl. 11" under the image on the left: "henry monnier" and on the right: "lith. De bernard" under the letter in the middle: "published by giraldon bovinet, passage vivienne, n°26"
caption - under the image: it's not friendship that's suffocating you!
iconographic description:
a young woman passes by, a hat box in her hand, near a man sitting backwards on a chair and obstructing the passage. She turns around, frowning. 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: "indeed, she unraveled in paz a sort of voluntary servitude. This idea did not go without a sort of disesteem for a social amphibian, a being both secretary and steward, neither quite steward nor quite secretary, some poor relative, a troublesome friend. " [excerpt from la falsse mistress, by honoré de balzac]
mode of acquisition: purchase
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-83. Date: 1827.
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