La Rue des Mauvais Garçons, Paris (The Street of the Bad Boys), 1854

Not on View

Medium

etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 12.5 × 9.7 cm (4 15/16 × 3 13/16 in.)

sheet: 19.5 × 15 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 38, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.6149

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C.M." lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Meryon Imp. Rue Ne St. Etienne-du Mont 26." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Quel mortal habitair, En ce gîte si sombre? Qui donc là se cachait, dans la nuit et Dans l'ombre? Etait-ce la Vertu, Pauvre, silenciuse? Le creime, diras-tu Quelqu' ame vicieuse...Ah! Ma foi, je l'ignore; Si tu veux le savoir, Curieux, vas y voir Il en est temps encore. Paris Mars...LIV" upper composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C. Meryon" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "La Rue des Mauvais Garçons / (from the P Burty + Beurdeley collections)" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "98IV" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 27 III" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c10735" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "127/76" verso lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "39 La rue des mauvais garçons.-Lo. etat." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "21" [underlined], verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "2120" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "790" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "7" [encircled] verso, upper left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"PB" (Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower left margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071). (Alfred II Beurdeley collector's stamp) lower left margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 421). (George M. La Monte collector's stamp) lower right margin, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1181c). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris [Lugt 2071]; Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris (Lugt 421); George M. La Monte [1863-1927], Bound Brook, NJ (Lugt 1181c); (his sale, by the American Art Association, New York, 4 April 1928); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd.); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Beurdeley, Alfred
Burty, Philippe
La Monte, George M.
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1924: Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990: Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.