Sulpice Guillaume CHEVALIER dit Paul GAVARNI
Paris 1804 – 1866
Le champagne or l’atelier de Tony Johannot
1834
Original lithograph
125 × 165 mm, margins 200 × 274 mm
Fine impression on wove paper, of the second state (of 4), prior to the changing of address, published in L’Artiste, slight foxing, slightly yellowed along the edges
Reference: Armelhaut and Bocher 171 ii/iv
In this composition, Alexandre Dumas is seatted on the back to the left, Gavarni is standing up in the front, Alfred Johannot is laying down on the couch and his brother Tony is serving a drink to a girl.