Author: PIGAL, Edmé-Jean
Title: Médailles Ou Contrastes
Description: Paris: chez Gihaut et Martinet, 1830. Twenty-Four Highly Amusing Circular Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Edmé-Jean Pigal PIGAL, Edmé-Jean. Médailles ou Contrastes. Paris: Chez Gihaut, ca. 1830. First edition. Folio (13 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches; 346 x 257 mm.). Twenty-four numbered, hand colored lithographed plates printed by Langlumé. Publishers red cloth over printed boards. Some occasional light marginal stains, not affecting the circular images. A near fine copy of a very scarce book. Pigal's caricature was closer to English satirical art, than to the political and social satires of his French contemporaries, Daumier and Paul Gavarni. "A major French nineteenth century artist and caricaturist, Edmé-Jean Pigal [1798-1873] studied art in Paris in the studio of Baron Gros. He first exhibited his paintings at the Paris Salon in 1827 and continued to annually exhibit his art there for more than thirty years. Pigal's early art was mainly in the medium of lithography. After 1838 he turned more towards painting, particularly religious and historical scenes commissioned by the French government. His last years were spent as a professor of art at the Lycee in Sens. "Although he was a fine painter it is the lithographic art of Pigal which remains his finest legacy. Beatrice Farwell writes: 'From the late 1820's to the late 1830's, he (Pigal) produced numerous lithographs caricaturing contemporary customs and social types, in which he ridiculed the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie and the vulgarity of the lower classes. His favorite characters were the street urchins of Paris, servants, coachmen and doormen, and lecherous old men' (Beatrice Farwell, The Charged Image: French Lithographic Caricature, 1816-1848, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 1989, p. 127). "Pigal's early lithographic work (c. 1820-1830) concentrates upon the actions of one or two main figures and provides little or no background setting- His lithographs created for individual sale (as opposed to those appearing in the journals) were most often hand-colored before publication. "In some respects Pigal's earthy brand of caricature was closer to the English satirical art of Gillray, Cruikshank and Rowlandson than to the political and social satires of his French contemporaries, such as Daumier and Gavarni. Perhaps for this reason Pigal's lithographs were very popular in Britain-" "Pigal's scenes of the people are good. It is not that the originality is very lively, nor even that the design is very comic. Pigal is comical in moderation, but the feeling in his compositions is good and just. These are vulgar truths, but still truths" (Baudelaire, Oeuvres complètes, 1964 edition, p. 995). "Pigal does play to the groundlings, and no one would accuse him of excessive delicacy, but he knew his world and could depict it incisively in his lithographs" (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, p.196). Pigal's albums "have documentary value, and their fresh and unaffected representation of the people, dress, and scenes of the time gives them a degree of charm' (Ray, p. 189). OCLC/KVK locate no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. Médailles ou Contrastes 1. La paix, mes bons amis. Peace, my good friends. 1bis. Tu vas me l’payer, scélérate. You're going to pay me, you scoundrel. 2. Oui! il est frais, son joli garçon. Yes! he's fresh, his pretty boy. 2bis. Passe moi le donc c’t’amour! Pass it to me, love it! 3. Excellent serviteur, Monsieur! Excellent servant, Sir! 3bis. Maître à moi!..nous pas blancs! Master mine!..we are not white! 4. Comme le sersifis diminue! How the service diminishes! 4bis. Ça n’fait qu’croitre et embellir! It just keeps growing and getting better! 5. Que de frais inutiles! So many unnecessary costs! 5bis. Attends-moi donc! So wait for me! 6. Sa maladie m’a coûté bien cher! His illness cost me dearly! 6bis. J’ai perdu mon chat! n’auriez-vous pas vu mon chat? I lost my cat! haven't you seen my cat? 7. Comme je te plains! How I pity you! 7bis. Dépêche-toi donc, Babet! Hurry up, Babet! 8. Je suis si sobre! I'm so sober! 8bis. Sent-elle l’eau-de vie, la Comtesse! Does she smell of brandy, the Countess! 9. Un instant, mon Dieu! One moment, my God! 9bis. Une minute, que diable! Wait a minute, what the hell! 10. Mon dragon ne veut pas. My dragon doesn't want to. 10bis. Ma femme où est-elle? Where is my wife? 11. Vous aviez tant d’embonpoint précédemment! You were so overweight before! 11bis. Tu avais de si beaux cheveux hier soir! You had such beautiful hair last night! 12. Votre petit bonhomme n’a pas deux jours à vivre. Your little guy doesn't have two days to live. 12bis. Petit bonhomme vit encore! Little guy still lives! Not in Colas, Hiler or Lipperheide. .
Keywords: Books in French Caricatures French Caricature
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Title: Médailles Ou Contrastes
Description: Paris: chez Gihaut et Martinet, 1830. Twenty-Four Highly Amusing Circular Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Edmé-Jean Pigal PIGAL, Edmé-Jean. Médailles ou Contrastes. Paris: Chez Gihaut, ca. 1830. First edition. Folio (13 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches; 346 x 257 mm.). Twenty-four numbered, hand colored lithographed plates printed by Langlumé. Publishers red cloth over printed boards. Some occasional light marginal stains, not affecting the circular images. A near fine copy of a very scarce book. Pigal's caricature was closer to English satirical art, than to the political and social satires of his French contemporaries, Daumier and Paul Gavarni. "A major French nineteenth century artist and caricaturist, Edmé-Jean Pigal [1798-1873] studied art in Paris in the studio of Baron Gros. He first exhibited his paintings at the Paris Salon in 1827 and continued to annually exhibit his art there for more than thirty years. Pigal's early art was mainly in the medium of lithography. After 1838 he turned more towards painting, particularly religious and historical scenes commissioned by the French government. His last years were spent as a professor of art at the Lycee in Sens. "Although he was a fine painter it is the lithographic art of Pigal which remains his finest legacy. Beatrice Farwell writes: 'From the late 1820's to the late 1830's, he (Pigal) produced numerous lithographs caricaturing contemporary customs and social types, in which he ridiculed the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie and the vulgarity of the lower classes. His favorite characters were the street urchins of Paris, servants, coachmen and doormen, and lecherous old men' (Beatrice Farwell, The Charged Image: French Lithographic Caricature, 1816-1848, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 1989, p. 127). "Pigal's early lithographic work (c. 1820-1830) concentrates upon the actions of one or two main figures and provides little or no background setting- His lithographs created for individual sale (as opposed to those appearing in the journals) were most often hand-colored before publication. "In some respects Pigal's earthy brand of caricature was closer to the English satirical art of Gillray, Cruikshank and Rowlandson than to the political and social satires of his French contemporaries, such as Daumier and Gavarni. Perhaps for this reason Pigal's lithographs were very popular in Britain-" "Pigal's scenes of the people are good. It is not that the originality is very lively, nor even that the design is very comic. Pigal is comical in moderation, but the feeling in his compositions is good and just. These are vulgar truths, but still truths" (Baudelaire, Oeuvres complètes, 1964 edition, p. 995). "Pigal does play to the groundlings, and no one would accuse him of excessive delicacy, but he knew his world and could depict it incisively in his lithographs" (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, p.196). Pigal's albums "have documentary value, and their fresh and unaffected representation of the people, dress, and scenes of the time gives them a degree of charm' (Ray, p. 189). OCLC/KVK locate no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. Médailles ou Contrastes 1. La paix, mes bons amis. Peace, my good friends. 1bis. Tu vas me l’payer, scélérate. You're going to pay me, you scoundrel. 2. Oui! il est frais, son joli garçon. Yes! he's fresh, his pretty boy. 2bis. Passe moi le donc c’t’amour! Pass it to me, love it! 3. Excellent serviteur, Monsieur! Excellent servant, Sir! 3bis. Maître à moi!..nous pas blancs! Master mine!..we are not white! 4. Comme le sersifis diminue! How the service diminishes! 4bis. Ça n’fait qu’croitre et embellir! It just keeps growing and getting better! 5. Que de frais inutiles! So many unnecessary costs! 5bis. Attends-moi donc! So wait for me! 6. Sa maladie m’a coûté bien cher! His illness cost me dearly! 6bis. J’ai perdu mon chat! n’auriez-vous pas vu mon chat? I lost my cat! haven't you seen my cat? 7. Comme je te plains! How I pity you! 7bis. Dépêche-toi donc, Babet! Hurry up, Babet! 8. Je suis si sobre! I'm so sober! 8bis. Sent-elle l’eau-de vie, la Comtesse! Does she smell of brandy, the Countess! 9. Un instant, mon Dieu! One moment, my God! 9bis. Une minute, que diable! Wait a minute, what the hell! 10. Mon dragon ne veut pas. My dragon doesn't want to. 10bis. Ma femme où est-elle? Where is my wife? 11. Vous aviez tant d’embonpoint précédemment! You were so overweight before! 11bis. Tu avais de si beaux cheveux hier soir! You had such beautiful hair last night! 12. Votre petit bonhomme n’a pas deux jours à vivre. Your little guy doesn't have two days to live. 12bis. Petit bonhomme vit encore! Little guy still lives! Not in Colas, Hiler or Lipperheide. .
Keywords: Books in French Caricatures French Caricature
Price: US$ 4500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05991
- Book number: 05991
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