Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
72.1.36.viii
L'Opéra au XIXème siècle (no. 52)
1844 – 1846 (Date created)
Ink
Lithograph
Prints
8.188 in W x 11.063 in H(Paper)
French
Printed and published Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse, 29, in Paris
This print belongs to a series of around sixty caricatures entitled 'L'Opéra au XIXe siècle', initially published under Aubert between 1844-1846. The series appeared soon after in 'Le Charivari' in 1844-1855 (for prints numbered 1-32) and in 1845-1846 (for the many prints numbered between 33-57). These prints presumably appeared in 'Le Charivari', as can be seen from the reverse of the sheets, although some have been pasted onto heavier sheets of paper for support.
'La maison Aubert' was a French publisher of prints, specialising in satires. Founded in 1829 by Charles Philipon (who was always the brains of the enterprise) and his brother-in-law Gabriel Aubert (who ran the shop), a notary who had bankrupted himself. They first established as the Magasin des Caricatures in the Passage Véro-Dodat in 1829 (which moved to the Place de la Bourse in 1841) and thn into a second shop in the Galerie Colbert in 1835. About the same time, they established their own lithographic printing press (Aubert et Cie). Gabriel Aubert died 1847. In 1850, some prints bear the name of his widow (le Veuve Aubert).
This print belongs to a series of around sixty caricatures entitled 'L'Opéra au XIXe siècle', initially published under Aubert between 1844-1846. The series appeared soon after in 'Le Charivari' in 1844-1855 (for prints numbered 1-32) and in 1845-1846 (for the many prints numbered between 33-57). These prints presumably appeared in 'Le Charivari', as can be seen from the reverse of the sheets, although some have been pasted onto heavier sheets of paper for support.
'La maison Aubert' was a French publisher of prints, specialising in satires. Founded in 1829 by Charles Philipon (who was always the brains of the enterprise) and his brother-in-law Gabriel Aubert (who ran the shop), a notary who had bankrupted himself. They first established as the Magasin des Caricatures in the Passage Véro-Dodat in 1829 (which moved to the Place de la Bourse in 1841) and thn into a second shop in the Galerie Colbert in 1835. About the same time, they established their own lithographic printing press (Aubert et Cie). Gabriel Aubert died 1847. In 1850, some prints bear the name of his widow (le Veuve Aubert).
In Collection
James Cuno, 'The business and politics of caricature - Charles Philipon and the Maison Aubert', in 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts', CVI 1985, pp.95-112 (Cuno wrote a much briefer version of the same article in 'Art Journal' 1983, pp.347-54)
Laura S Strumingher, Les jolies femmes d'Edouard de Beaumont, [New York] : The Bertha and karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College of The City University of New York,1994 (exhibition catalogue)
Laura S Strumingher, Les jolies femmes d'Edouard de Beaumont, [New York] : The Bertha and karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College of The City University of New York,1994 (exhibition catalogue)
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