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Édouard Manet and Lemercier et Cie.

Civil War

1870-1873

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Civil War

1870-1873

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 473 x 574 mm. (18 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.) Image: 396 x 508 mm. (15 9/16 x 20 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 1996.48.13693
From the 1874 Lemercier edition, originally believed to be an edition of 100, however as Fisher states "their rarity suggests a smaller edition."
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
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Jan. 3 - Feb. 10, 1962.

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

The Maryland Arts Council, Sept. 1970 - July 15, 1971.

Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, "The Baltimore Museum of Art Exhibition of Prints and Drawings 1840 -1970," Nov. 2 - Dec. 2, 1973; circulated to Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI, Jan. 17 - Feb. 17, 1974; circulated to Ackland Art Center, Chapel Hill, NC, Apr. 2 - 21, 1974.

Joseph Czestochowski, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "William Gropper Retrospective," Sept. 23 - Oct. 24, 1976.

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

Jay McKean Fisher, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., "The Prints of Edouard Manet," May 1985 - June 1986, cat. no. 11, p. 43-44, ill. p. 43; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art, May 14 - June 30, 1985; University Art Museum, Berkeley, Sept. 18 - Nov. 3; The St. Louis Art Museum, Nov. 23, 1985 - Jan. 5, 1986; Huntsville Museum of Art; Worcester Art Museum, Jan. 25 - Mar. 9, 1986; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Mar. 29 - May 11, 1986.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "Two Centuries of Lithography: 1800-1986," 8 September - 8 November 1987.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989..

Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993

Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.

Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
"The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum," The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, p. 227.
Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet (Washington, D.C.: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), p. 95 illustrated.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The George A. Lucas Collection: Selected Prints. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976, cat. no. 65, (Published as 'Guerre Civile')

Inscribed: Signed and dated in stone: lower left "Manet / 1871" Printed inscription: lower left "Tiré à cent exemplaires"; lower center "GUERRE CIVILE"; "Imp. Lemercier et Cie., r de Seine 57 Paris"

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

Artist

Édouard Manet

1831–1882

French, 1832-1883
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Printer

Lemercier et Cie.

1827–1898

operated 1828 - 1899
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