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Caricature of a Man

A work made of charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on pieced tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on pieced tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Etienne Carjat
French, 1828–1906

About this artwork

Better known as one of France’s pioneering 19th-century photographers, Carjat also worked as a caricaturist, producing lithographs of famous Parisian actors for theater journals. These portraits chargés (literally “loaded portraits”) may refer to Joseph Méry, a French journalist, poet, and playwright, and his brother Louis, also a writer. They join a renowned collection of caricatures by Claude Monet in the Art Institute.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Etienne Carjat

Title

Caricature of a Man

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Artist's working dates 1848–1906

Medium

Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on pieced tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Primary support: 48.4 × 32.1 cm (19 1/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 55.9 × 34.3 cm (22 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Jalane Davidson Memorial Fund

Reference Number

2010.534

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