Édouard Manet and J. Lefman
Au café
1873
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Brush and ink transfer relief plate, Sheet: 276 x 348 mm. (10 7/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
Image: 264 x 333 mm. (10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.18058
The identification of this technique as "gillotage," or brush and ink transfer relief, rather than lithography is controversial; see the Description field in the records for Manet's illustrations of Poe's Raven for a summary of this issue.
Catalogued by Harris as pen-manner lithograph.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Cafe Society: Art and Sociability in Paris, 1855 - 1914
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore, MD: Walters Art Museum; University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, page 286, fig. 1.
Fisher, Jay McKean. "Manet's Illustrations for 'The Raven': Alternatives to Traditional Lithography," in Pat Gilmour, ed., Lasting Impressions: Lithography as Art (Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1988), p. 97 illustrated.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), p. 107 illustrated.
Harris, Jean C. Edouard Manet, The Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: Collectors Editions Limited, 1970; revised edition, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1990), p. 202, #66.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 106-107, #63.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #85.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), #64.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #81.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #88.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 106-107, #63.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #85.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), #64.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #81.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #88.
Inscribed: Signed in matrix: lower right "Manet"
Markings: None
