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Édouard Manet and J. Lefman

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary (Under the Lamp)

1874

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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary (Under the Lamp)

1874

Physical Qualities Brush and ink transfer lithograph, Sheet: 300 x 439 mm. (11 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.) Image: 275 x 370 mm. (10 13/16 x 14 9/16 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 1996.48.18049
From the book "Edgar Allan Poe, Le Corbeau, translated by Stéphane Mallarmé (Paris: R. Lesclide, 1875)" For discussions about the technique of Manet’s “autographies,” see the argument that these works are possibly gillotages (or brusk-and-ink transfer relief plates) rather than transfer lithographs first put forth by Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers, “Degas and the Printed Image, 1856-1914,” in Sue Welsh Reed and Barbara Stern Shapiro, eds., Edgar Degas: The Painted as Printmaker (Boston: Museum of the Fine Arts, 1984) and expanded upon by Jay McKean Fisher in his The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985) and his "Manet's Illustrations for 'The Raven': Alternatives to Traditional Lithography," in Pat Gilmour, ed., Lasting Impressions: Lithography as Art (Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1988). For reactions to Fisher’s proposal, see Barbara Stern Shapiro and Antony Griffiths, “Manet as Printmaker,” Print Quarterly Vol. 3 No. 2 (June 1986): 144-149, Pat Gilmour, “The Prints of Edouard Manet,” The Tamarind Papers Vol. 9 No. 2 (Fall 1986): 71-76, and “Manet Continued,” Print Quarterly Vol. 3 No. 4 (December 1986): 360-362.
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
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), p. 111 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. 238, #83b.

Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 110-116, #66.

Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #89.

Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 127, #97.

Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #86a.

Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #91.

Inscribed: Signed in matrix: lower left "E. M."

Markings: None

Artist

Édouard Manet

1831–1882

French, 1832-1883
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Printer

J. Lefman

2000–2000

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