Louis-Adolphe HERVIER (Paris, 1818 - 1879) The Barricade or "Sad Memory", 1848 Black pencil and watercolor on paper. Signed, dated in black pencil lower right: "HERVIER - 1848 - ". Monogrammed, dated and annotated in black pencil on the lower left: "24 Juin 1848... faub st antoine 6 hr du soir". Annotated in pen and brown ink in the upper left: "Sad memory - ". Dedicated and monogrammed in pen and brown ink at the bottom center: "offered to his friend Georges Bardon for his courage in the war of 1870 and 1871. Defense of Paris - ". 15,6 x 12,7 cm Provenance : - Probably sale Aquarelles et dessins par Hervier, Me Boussaton, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, February 26, 1876, no. 63. - Sale Watercolors and drawings by Hervier, Me Tual, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 6, 1876, n° 38. - Given by Hervier to Georges Bardon (1846-1913), painter and master glassmaker. - Georges Bardon (1846-1913). - His sale, Mes Albinet et Rostand, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, July 5, 1919, part of n° 40. - Annie Bauduin, wife Stalter, specialist of the artist. Exhibition: - The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing, 1830-1900, Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Saint Louis, The St. Louis Art Museum, Glasgow, The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 1981-82, cat. 98A. Bibliography: - A. Bauduin, Recherches sur la vie et l'œuvre du peintre français Adolphe Hervier (1819-1879) avec le catalog des œuvres peintes et dessinées, Mémoire de maîtrise, Université de Lille, 1972, p. 66. - F. Furet, La Révolution, de Turgot à Jules Ferry : 1770-1880, Paris, 1988, p. 401, reproduced. - A. Boime, Art in an Age of Civil Struggle 1848-1871. A Social History of Modern Art, Chicago, 2008, pp. 69-71, cat. I.36, reproduced. A pair of etchings of the same subject (unique) 20 x 15 cm and 12 x 9 cm.