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Édouard Manet and J. Lefman

That Shadow That Lies Floating on the Floor (The Chair)

1874

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That Shadow That Lies Floating on the Floor (The Chair)

1874

Physical Qualities Brush and ink transfer lithograph, Sheet: 461 x 340 mm. (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 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 1996.48.18051
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
Peter Wick, Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "The Arts of the French Book 1900 - 1965," Dec. 1966 - Jan. 1967; circulated to Lillian Bradshaw, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX, Mar. 28 - May 6, 1967; circulated to Yale University Library, New Haven, CT, c. June 1967.

The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Nov. 3 - 24, 1968.

BMA, "The Prints of Edouard Manet: A Centenary Celebration," 27 September - 20 November, 1983.

Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Haunting Visions of Poe; Illustrations by Manet, Matisse & Gauguin," Sept. 17, 2003-Jan. 11, 2004.

Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.

Inscribed: lower left in stone: "E.M."

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

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