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Satan

c.1848–62

Paul Gavarni

(French, 1804–1866)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph on chine collé
Measurements
Sheet: 44.6 x 31.1 cm (17 9/16 x 12 1/4 in.); Image: 20.3 x 18 cm (8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Bonebrake 2009.530
Catalogue raisonné
Armelhault and Bocher pp 415-6, no. 1671
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

As the illustrated press proliferated in France during the 1800s, the caricatures published within such newspapers and magazines were sometimes censored. Paul Gavarni was one of numerous artists at this time who used imagery of laundresses as a means of social critique. Here, a young woman’s blouse falls from her shoulder, suggesting her loose morals. She pauses from ironing to listen as a procuress—a woman who lures girls into sex work—approaches her. The print’s title alludes to the woman’s motives and the precariousness of virtue. Gavarni was among Edgar Degas’s favorite artists, and Degas built a substantial collection of the earlier artist’s prints.

Satan

c.1848–62

Paul Gavarni

(French, 1804–1866)
France, 19th century

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