Sulpice Guillaume CHEVALIER dit Paul GAVARNI
Paris 1804 – 1866
Study of a man sitting astride on a chair
Black pencil and stump
288 × 200 mm
Dated and located 1830 / M. M. / Fv. / 28, large restored loss in the lower left corner
On the reverse, annotated in black pencil P Gavarni
Provenance: Pierre Gavarni (Lugt 1124c)
In 1829, Gavarni moved to Montmartre, where he lived until 1835.
This drawing dates from his Montmartre period, as evidenced by the inscription “MM,” an acronym Gavarni used to refer to Montmartre.