Édouard Manet
The Water Drinker
1870-1874
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, Sheet: 340 x 263 mm. (13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Plate: 235 x 156 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 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
1996.48.5165
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
Jay McKean Fisher, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., "The Prints of Edouard Manet," 1985-1986; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art; University Art Museum, Berkeley; The St. Louis Art Museum; Huntsville Museum of Art; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower left "Manet" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "Epreuve Moderne (Dumont)"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: BFK Rivers - shield with crown and crescent
