Édouard Manet
First Frontispiece for the Edition of Eight Etchings (Cat and Portfolio)
1860-1861
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Édouard Manet
First Frontispiece for the Edition of Eight Etchings (Cat and Portfolio)
1860-1861
Physical Qualities
Etching and bitten tone, Sheet: 348 x 259 mm. (13 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Plate: 267 x 190 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 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
1996.48.5113
One of two proposed, but never published, designs for a cover for Cadart's portfolio "Huit gravures à l'eau forte part Manet." One of two known impressions of this print; the other is in the S. P. Avery Collection (New York Public Library). Fisher describes this print as "etching, accidental bitten tone."
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
Manet (Complesso Vittoriano)
Harris, Jean C. Edited by Joel M. Smith. Édouard Manet, The Graphic Work; A Catalogue Raisonné, Revised Edition (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990), cat 37.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Édouard Manet (Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), cat 21.
Harris, Jean C. Édouard Manet, graphic works; a definitive catalogue raisonné (New York: Collectors Editions Limited, 1970), cat 37.
Moreau-Nelaton, Étienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Éditions du 'Peintre-graveur illustré,' L. Delteil, 1906), cat 49.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Édouard Manet (Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), cat 21.
Harris, Jean C. Édouard Manet, graphic works; a definitive catalogue raisonné (New York: Collectors Editions Limited, 1970), cat 37.
Moreau-Nelaton, Étienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Éditions du 'Peintre-graveur illustré,' L. Delteil, 1906), cat 49.
Inscribed: Signed and inscribed in plate: center, on front of portfolio "eaux=fortes / par / Edouard Manet"; lower right "éd. M" Signed and inscribed in pencil: along bottom, in Guerard's hand "1er titre pour la serie de 8 eaux fortes de Manet - tres rare. non catal - Beraldi H Guerard"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Stamp: upper right, in image [copper plate manufacturer]
