Paul Gavarni
‘Today, we will have a good time!’
1854-1856
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Paul Gavarni
‘Today, we will have a good time!’
1854-1856
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper, Sheet: 342 x 214 mm. (34.2 x 21.4 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.18679
Full-length male figure dressed in Scottish costume with plaid scarf and argyle socks.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 'Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Collection', 1911, p. 27, no. 112.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'French Drawings', May 1934.
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Jan. 22- Mar. 6, 1949.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'From Ingres to Gauguin, French Nineteenth-Century Paintings in Maryland', Nov.-Dec. 1951, p. 26, no. 64.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The George A. Lucas Collection', Oct. 12-Nov. 14, 1965, p. 67, no. 332.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, "Au Théâtre," Jan. 6 - 26, 1969.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Watercolors and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection', July 24-Oct. 14, 1990.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'French Drawings', May 1934.
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Jan. 22- Mar. 6, 1949.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'From Ingres to Gauguin, French Nineteenth-Century Paintings in Maryland', Nov.-Dec. 1951, p. 26, no. 64.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The George A. Lucas Collection', Oct. 12-Nov. 14, 1965, p. 67, no. 332.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, "Au Théâtre," Jan. 6 - 26, 1969.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Watercolors and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection', July 24-Oct. 14, 1990.
The Baltimore Museum of Art Members Calendar, July/August 1990, illustrated, unpaginated [p. 1].
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore, MD: Walters Art Museum; University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, page 46, fig. 11.
Inscribed: RECTO: LR, ink, 'Aujourd'hui faut s'amuser'; LLQ, ink, 'Gavarni'; VERSO: LR, graphite, 'BVL 13498' and '1' in circle
