Etienne Carjat
French, 1828–1906
Caricature of a Man
INV-2056
Etienne Carjat
French, 1828–1906n.d.
Caricature of a Man
Etienne Carjat French, 1828–1906 →charcoalpaper
Date
n.d.
Medium
Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on pieced tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 48.4 × 32.1 cm (19 1/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 55.9 × 34.3 cm (22 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Jalane Davidson Memorial Fund
Better known as one of France’s pioneering 19th-century photographers, Carjat also worked as a caricaturist, producing lithographs of famous Parisian actors for theater journals. These portraits chargés (literally “loaded portraits”) may refer to Joseph Méry, a French journalist, poet, and playwright, and his brother Louis, also a writer. They join a renowned collection of caricatures by Claude Monet in the Art Institute.
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