Urban Life and Daily Activities

Etchings capturing everyday scenes and characters in urban settings, reflecting a narrative vibrant with life and moments of simplicity.

Meryon, Charles, France, La Rue des mauvais Garcons, Rue des mauvais Garcons with two talking figures in front of an old brothel in Paris, verso left - stamped, This old brothel in the Rue des mauvais Garcons in Paris was demolished in 1851. The sketchy nature of the representation, which we also see in the preliminary study, is striking. Few details have been worked out and the representation seems to consist mainly of light and dark areas. The poem in three stanzas above the representation is about the goings-on in this street where men visited the brothel., print, prints, height 127 mm, width 97 mm, height 297 mm, width 242 mm, French, 1821-11-23 - 1868-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1854 - 1854, third quarter 19th century, third quarter of the 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, printer, drukker
Meryon, Charles, France, La Rue des mauvais Garcons, Rue des mauvais Garcons with two talking figures in front of an old brothel in Paris, verso left - stamped, This old brothel in the Rue des mauvais Garcons in Paris was demolished in 1851. The sketchy nature of the representation, which we also see in the preliminary study, is striking. Few details have been worked out and the representation seems to consist mainly of light and dark areas. The poem in three stanzas above the representation is about the goings-on in this street where men visited the brothel., print, prints, height 127 mm, width 97 mm, height 297 mm, width 242 mm, French, 1821-11-23 - 1868-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1854 - 1854, third quarter 19th century, third quarter of the 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, printer, drukker