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. 7cm
width: 21cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 12cm
width: 9. 3cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
plate 5 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. 5" under the image on the left: "henry monnier" and on the right: "lith. De e. Ardit" under the letter in the middle: "published by h. Gaugain et cie, r. Vivienne n°2 and at e. Ardit rue de la monnaie, n°11"
caption - below the image: will you still be evil?
iconographic description:
a young woman in a yellow dress sits on a chair, leaning over a man who is kneeling in front of her. He took her left hand between his fingers fervently. She leans towards him, and with her right hand she makes a gesture with her index finger signifying that she wants his attention. 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: " -- you no longer love me, henri! i see it, said madame marneffe, hiding her forehead in her handkerchief and bursting into tears. It was the cry of true love. The clamor of the woman's despair is so persuasive, that it tears away the forgiveness which lies at the bottom of the heart of all in love, when the woman is young, pretty and has a low neckline to emerge from the top of her dress in an eve costume. " [excerpt from la cousine bette, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, grisette, couple
mode of acquisition: purchase
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-122. Date: 1827.
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