Paul Gavarni’s pencil drawing, “Yes, but you will see the captain …”, c1850

Paul Gavarni (aka [nom de plume] Hippolyte Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier) (1804–1866)

“Yes, but you will see the captain …”, c1850, pencil study for the lithograph of the same title, plate 6 from the series of twenty plates, “Les Parents Terribles” (from the broader series, “Masques et Visages” [Masks and Faces]), published in 1853 by Giasarni Librairie Nouvelle and printed by Lemercier (fl.1827–1899) in Paris.

See a trial proof of this lithograph at the Art Institute of Chicago; see also the published state (with other prints from the same series) showcased by Nestini in (tranl.) “Informative, helpful and non-tiring” (5 March, 2020):

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/10945/les-parents-terribles-series-yes-but-you-will-see-the-captain;

https://irecommend.ru/content/poznavatelno-polezno-i-ne-utomitelno. 

Pencil (graphite) on wove paper (presumably a sketchbook page based on the binding holes at left) with a hand-written pencil annotation at lower right: “— Les parent terribles —/ oui tu vas voir le capitaine venir et tarabuster/ le scelerat.” (“— terrible parents —/ yes you will see the captain come and give trouble to/ the miscreant”) and the number “6” at upper right corner (corresponding with the published plate number).

Size: (sheet) 26 x 21 cm.

Study for the lithograph: Mahérault & Bocher / Armelhault & Bocher 1425 (Marie Joseph François Mahérault & E Bocher 1873, “L'oeuvre de Gavarni: Lithographies originales et essais d'eau-forte et de procédés nouveaux: Catalogue raisonné”, Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, p. 367, cat. no. 1425; see: https://archive.org/details/loeuvredegavarni00mah/page/366/mode/2up). 

Condition: There is smudging and pale staining at lower right otherwise the sheet is in a very good condition with (sketchbook) binding holes on the left side.

I am selling this original preparatory pencil study for the sixth lithograph in the series, “Les Parents Terribles”,  executed by one of the most famous of the 19^th century French illustrators, for AU$420 in total (currently US$303.54/EUR257.40/GBP230.11 at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).

If you are interested in this unique opportunity to acquire an artist’s original pencil study for a published print, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.