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The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain

The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain

probably 1859–1860
(French, 1804–1866)
France, 19th century
watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) over graphite, heightened with white gouache
Sheet: 29.4 x 21 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 38 x 29.4 cm (14 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.411
Location: not on view

Description

The subject here-a man who raises livestock and happens to be a captain as well-is one in a long line of Parisian characters that Gavarni chronicled in his career. This sheet once belonged to the collection of the artist's watercolors made for the important Parisian publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Composed of about 200 sheets executed mostly in 1859-60, Hetzel's collection was a rare ensemble of the artist's best work in the medium.
  • ?-1884
    Pierre-Jules Hetzel [1814-1886], Paris
    1884
    (Hotel Drouot, Hetzel sale, Paris, 26 May 26, 1884, no. 45)
    1925
    (Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 3, 1925, no. 23)
    By 1975
    (Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London)
    1976
    (Paris art market, sold to Shepherd Gallery, New York)
    1976
    (Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH)
    1976-2008
    Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    2008-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 Collector mark [not in Lugt], verso, lower right, in red ink [upside down]: OEUVRES INEDITES DE GAVARNI HETZEL & Cie.
    2 For 450 francs, according to annotated copy in the Bibliothèque d'Art et d'Archéologie, Jacques Doucet, Paris.
    3 According to Shepherd Gallery records.
  • Hotel Drouot, Paris. Cent trente-quatre aquarelles importantes de Gavarni. May 24, 1884. Lot. 45 Mentioned: no. 45
    Lemoisne, Paul-André. Gavarni, peintre et lithographe. Paris: H. Floury, 1924. Mentioned: pp. 208, 210
    Hotel Drouot, Paris. Tableaux Modernes, Aquarelles, Dessins, Pastels, Gravures. December 3, 1925. Lot 23. Mentioned: no. 23
    Bunzl, Yvonne Tan. Old Master Drawings and French Drawings of the 19th Century. London: Correspondence C/o Barclays Bank, 1975. Mentioned: cat. no. 40; Reproduced: pl. 38
    Shepherd Gallery. Non-Dissenters: One Hundred and Seventy French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors. Exh. Cat. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1976. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 88
    Masheck, Joseph, "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: New York," Burlington Magazine 119, no. 889 (April 1977), 307-308. Mentioned: p. 308; Reproduced: fig. 116, p. 309
    Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 39, p. 88-89
  • French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
    Non-Dissenters: Fifth Exhibition Marking Our Tenth Anniversary. Shepherd Gallery, New York (November 1-December 31, 1976).
    Old Master Drawings and French Drawings of the 19th Century, London (Summer 1975).
  • {{cite web|title=The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain|url=false|author=Paul Gavarni|year=probably 1859–1860|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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