Lot 241
  • 241

Henry Bonaventure Monnier

Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Bonaventure Monnier
  • A Man Arranging Flowers
  • Signed and dated, lower left:  Henry.Monnier/ Bruxelles fev 1833, à leur ami Romanville.
  • pen and brown ink and wash

Condition

The drawing is laid down on a thin sheet. There is some pale foxing visible mainly in the sky and the foreground, and a small damage in the background trees at the right where the paper has been broken through.
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Catalogue Note

Henry Bonaventure Monnier was a painter, playwright, caricaturist, lithographer and actor.  He trained in the workshops of both Anne-Louis Girodet and Antoine-Jean Gros.  He was a keen observer of the human character and is well known for his caricatures and satirical figures.