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Olympia (Small Plate)

Édouard Manet

Olympia (Small Plate)

1866

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Édouard Manet

Olympia (Small Plate)

1866

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 241 x 327 mm. (9 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.) Plate: 87 x 177 mm. (3 7/16 x 6 15/16 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 1996.48.5153
Based on Manet's painting, Olympia, 1863 (Musée d'Orsay; Rouart and Wildenstein 69). Printed in brown ink. Second of two designs for a printed version of Olympia to be published in the pamphlet accompanying the 1867 exhibition at the Avenue de l'Alma, "Émile Zola, Éd. Manet: Étude biographique et critique (Paris: Dentu, 1867)" (see 1996.48.17809 for first version)
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
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. 164, #53.

Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 75-76, #39.

Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #47.

Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 89, #53.

Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #39.

Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #17.

Inscribed: Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "Epreuve Moderne (Dumont)"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: (partial, unidentified)

Artist

Édouard Manet

1831–1882

French, 1832-1883
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