Édouard Manet
The Smoker
1878-1881
Scroll
Édouard Manet
The Smoker
1878-1881
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, Sheet: 370 x 257 mm. (14 9/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Plate: 235 x 152 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 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
1996.48.5158
Based on Manet's painting, The Smoker, 1866 (The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Rouart and Wildenstein 112). According to Fisher, although this impression "from the Lucas collection is designated by that collector as a modern impression from Dumont, its atypical paper and the strong quality of the drypoint lines, somewhat exaggerated by inking, suggest that it might be one of the Guerard proofs from Manet's lifetime."
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
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), p. 119 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. 155, #49.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 119-120, #74.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #54.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 86, #50.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #48.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #34.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), pp. 119-120, #74.
Wilson, Juliet. Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondence (Paris: Galerie Huguette Berès, 1978), #54.
Wilson, Juliet. Edouard Manet: L’Oeuvre gravé (Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadtverwaltung Ingelheim, 1977), p. 86, #50.
Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre gravé de Manet (Paris: Librairie Floury, 1944), #48.
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet graveur et lithographe (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906), #34.
Inscribed: Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "Epreuve Moderne (Dumont)"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: Hallines - shield with M and crowned with crescent
