"L'Auteur Des Paroles" by Paul Gavarni , Fr., (1804-1866) Drawing Fay's work deserves to be

Fay's work deserves to be better known

The rhythmic curves out of which these figures evolve echo each other as the young artist explores form and placement for the composition

one very pale spot of foxing at the lower left margin edge

His design work was a pivotal influence on the Italian Stile Liberty Art Nouveau movement

vertical printing creases image center

"L'Auteur Des Paroles" by Paul Gavarni , Fr., (1804-1866) Drawing Fay's work deserves to beLithograph, 1844, Plate Nine, from Reveue Et Gazette Musicale, pub. by Bureaux, 97 rue Richelieu, and imp. by Thiery Freres, Paris, M&B 1560, 7 9 16 x 5 7 8, signed and titled in the stone below the image, some light soiling and handling creases to outer margins and small creases to corner tips, on white wove paper. The guitar hanging idle and silent in the dark underscores this amusing and universally applicable commentary on the elusive nature of