A pen and ink drawing of a young, elegant woman averting her gaze from an organ grinder peeing in the street beside a ragged, older woman in feeds a dog. A pen and ink drawing of a young, elegant woman averting her gaze from an organ grinder peeing in the street beside a ragged, older woman in feeds a dog.

Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault

The Organ Grinder,

Maker

Title

The Organ Grinder

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

20.3 x 15.9 cm (8 x 6 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped with unidentified collector's mark "P. H." (Lugt 2084) and collector's marks of Aimé-Charles-Horace His de la Salle (Paris, 1795-1878; Lugt 1332)

Partial watermark: shield topped by a crown and a crescent?

Type

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

31.239

The Organ Grinder
Joueur d'orgue

Selection V

French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

Stamped with unidentified collector's mark "P. H." (Lugt 2084) and collector's marks of Aimé-Charles-Horace His de la Salle (Paris, 1795-1878; Lugt 1332)

Partial watermark: shield topped by a crown and a crescent?

Publications

Selection V

French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

Exhibition History

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