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Paul Gavarni

Pierrot

c. 1850–60
watercolor heightened with white gouache on off-white wove paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Around the time that Paul Gavarni made this drawing, he also created a series of prints called School of the Pierrots (1851–53), which chronicled the character's misadventures.

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