SULPICE-GUILLAUME CHEVALIER,

SULPICE-GUILLAUME CHEVALIER,
Project of a costume for Mademoiselle
Julienne, actress of the Gymnase
Pen, brown ink, black pencil, watercolour and white gouache highlights
About 1837 - 1840
Ink and pen inscription for Mlle Julienne. / straw hat / velvet ribbon. / batiste bonnet under / the hat / - / batiste fichu.
/ batiste sleeve ends / - 22,8 x 13,3 cm
Project of a costume for Mademoiselle Julienne, actress of the Gymnase
Pen, brown ink, black chalk, watercolor heightened with white c. 1827 - 1840
9 x 5 1/4 in.
PROVENANCE Edmon and Jules Goncourt (1822-1896 and 1830(1870), collectors. Their collection mark is located at the bottom centre of the sheet (Lught 1089)| their sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me
Duchesne, 30 April - 1 May 1897, lot 9 (sold for 121 Francs)| Edgar Degas (1834-1917), painter, the stamp of his studio sale is located in the upper right corner on the back board (Lugt 657)| his second sale after his death, Paris, Hôtel Drouot,
Mes Lair-Dubreuil et Delvigne, 11 - 13 December 1918, lot 175.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Edmond de GONCOURT, Journal des Goncourt.
Mémoires de la vie littéraire, Paris, 1896, vol.
IV, p. 282
Paul-André LEMOISNE, Gavarni, peintre et lithographe,
Paris, 1928, vol. II, p. 251.