Édouard Manet
First Frontispiece for the Edition of Eight Etchings (Cat and Portfolio)
1860-1861
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Édouard Manet
First Frontispiece for the Edition of Eight Etchings (Cat and Portfolio)
1860-1861
Physical Qualities
Etching and bitten tone, Sheet: 348 x 259 mm. (13 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Plate: 267 x 190 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 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
1996.48.5113
One of two proposed, but never published, designs for a cover for Cadart's portfolio "Huit gravures à l'eau forte part Manet." One of two known impressions of this print; the other is in the S. P. Avery Collection (New York Public Library). Fisher describes this print as "etching, accidental bitten tone."
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
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 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 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 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
Inscribed: Signed and inscribed in plate: center, on front of portfolio "eaux=fortes / par / Edouard Manet"; lower right "éd. M" Signed and inscribed in pencil: along bottom, in Guerard's hand "1er titre pour la serie de 8 eaux fortes de Manet - tres rare. non catal - Beraldi H Guerard"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Stamp: upper right, in image [copper plate manufacturer]
