"Une de ces mines pudibones"
probably c. 1843
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 22.2 x 15 cm (8 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 33.7 x 25.3 cm (13 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Ruth B. Benedict
Accession Number
1983.104.1
Art Historical Context
**"Une de ces mines pudones" by Paul Gav (c. 1843)** Step into the sharp-witted world of Parisian satire with Paul Gavarni's lithograph *Une de ces mines pudones* ("One of those prudish"), created around 1843. Gavarni, a master illustrator of 19th-century France, captured the bustling social scenes of the July Monarchy era through his keen eye for human folly. This print, measuring 22.2 x 15 cm, exemplifies his signature style: humorous vignettes poking fun at bourgeois pretensions, fashion, and hypocrisy, often published in popular journals like *Le Charivari*. Lithography on wove paper was...
About the Artist
Paul Gavarni
Paul Gavarni, born Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier on January 13, 1804, in Paris to a cooper father from Burgundy and mother Marie-Monique Thiémet—whose brother, painter Guillaume Thiémet, served as his godfather—began his career far from the art world. As a youth, he worked in a machine factory and studied mechanical drawing at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in 1818, followed by evening classe...