Sulpice Guillaume CHEVALIER dit Paul GAVARNI
Paris 1804 – 1866
Study of a man standing with his hands on his hips
1830
Black pencil and stump
205 × 136 mm
Signed and dated lower left MtM Avil. 27. 1830
On the reverse, annotated in black pencil P Gavarni
Provenance: Pierre Gavarni (Lugt 1124c)
From 1829 onwards, Gavarni settled in Montmartre, where he lived until 1835.
This drawing dates from his Montmartre period, as evidenced by the inscription ‘MM’, an acronym that Gavarni used to refer to Montmartre.