GILL André [Illustrateur] + Texte de FELICIEN CHAMPSAURLivre Rare Book
Alphonse Daudet Les Hommes d’aujourd’hui No. 23. 15 Fèvrier 1879 Cat. rais. pages 188-191.
réf. 17-5994Paris France: A. Cinqualbre 1879. Hand-colored lithograph. 28.5 x 20.3 cm. sheet. 1st Edition. Text by Félicien Champsaur. Very Good. Light toning.André Gill 1840-1885 was noted for the enlargement of his subjects' heads which sat upon undersized bodies. His caricatures in the form of large hand-colored lithographic portraits were considered very accurate and not very cruel. Many of Gill's famous contemporaries requested to be drawn by him such as Sarah Bernhardt Otto von Bismarck Émile Zola Victor Hugo Nadar Giuseppe Garibaldi Adelina Patti Charles Dickens and Richard Wagner.from Un Maître de la Caricature-André Gill Vol. 2 par Charles Fontane Catalogue Raisonné. Paris, France: A. Cinqualbre, 1879. unknown
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