Physical Qualities
Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 306 x 217 mm. (12 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Plate: 262 x 180 mm. (10 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 67 in the Société des Aqua-fortistes series "Eaux-fortes modernes”
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
1996.48.5120
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
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, "Au Théâtre," Jan. 6 - 26, 1969.
Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, April 1969.
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.
Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, April 1969.
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 "éd. Manet" Inscribed in plate: upper right "67."; lower left "Ed. Manet sculpt."; lower center "Entre tant de beautés que partout on peut voir / Je comprend bien amis, que le Désir balance; / Mais on voit scintiller dans Lola de Valence / Le charme inattendu d'un bijou rose et noir. / (Ch. Baudelaire)"; lower right "Paris, Publié par A. CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu"; bottom left "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
