Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) - Lot 96

Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) A montage of three drawings: A mole/ A caricature of a man/ Study sheet with two portraits of a man Pen and brown ink, brown wash and black pencil. The mole is annotated at the bottom: "Il faut que monsieur Auguste joigne cette maupe à l'attelage du pot de la chambre de façon qu'elle précède la tortue et ...[?]... qu'il soit bien que de la tête à la queue". The cartoon is monogrammed and dated 1839 top left and bottom left. The study sheet bears the studio's sale stamp (Lugt 1478a). Numbered top left on the reverse of the mount "G324". Cartel at bottom center on mount "J.J.Granville". (Important lack due to the iron gall ink, holes and folds for the taupe, slightly insolated, small stains for the study sheet). 8x13cm; 8,5x7cm; 9x12,5cm