Portfolio of Characters and Types

Samuel Marie Clédat de Lavigerie

1884–85 · Graphite, pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, and metallic paint · Drawings and Prints

Clédat de Lavigerie worked primarily as a costume designer in Paris in the 1870s and 80s. This portfolio of drawings portrays an eclectic variety of male subjects including popular fictional characters, national types, clowns, mimes, and medieval saints. The artist presents them somewhat uniformly, each wearing a black jacket, and distinguished only from the neck up, demonstrating his ability to visually express a character with minimal means.

Artist

Samuel Marie Clédat de Lavigerie

Date

1884–85

Medium

Graphite, pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, and metallic paint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schlossberg, 2019