Édouard Manet and Stéphane Mallarmé
Illustrations for the poem “Stéphane Mallarmé, L’Après-midi d’un faune”
1874-1875
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- Artist: Édouard Manet
- Author: Stéphane Mallarmé
Illustrations for the poem “Stéphane Mallarmé, L’Après-midi d’un faune”
1874-1875
Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 362 x 250 mm. (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 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
1996.48.5174
Four wood engravings printed on one sheet; illustrations for Stéphane Mallarmé's poem "L'Après-midi d'un faune." According to Fisher, "originally this was thought to be a proof of the blocks before they were separated to print the book. But Bareau demonstrates that, in fact, this sheet came after the book because a crack has developed through the knee of the faun, which is not visible in illustrations found in the book. There is no indication that this page was printed from separate blocks, but it would be possible to print them without such marks. This sheet was evidently printed for distribution to certain friends..."
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
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, "Japonisme: Japanese Influence of Frence Art, 1854-1910," July 9 - Aug. 31, 1975; circulated to The Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 4 - Nov. 16, 1975; circulated to the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Dec. 10,1975 - Jan. 26,1976.
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.
The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France, 1850-1900, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 4 Nov. 1983 - 8 January 1984, p. 39, illus. and cat. no. 6
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.
The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France, 1850-1900, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 4 Nov. 1983 - 8 January 1984, p. 39, illus. and cat. no. 6
Baas, Jacquelynn and Richard S. Field. The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France 1850-1900. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1984, ill. page 39.
Inscribed: On the back in pencil, in the hand of Lucas "Les Bois pour l'après midi d'un faune de Mallarmé - Lesclide editeur"
Markings: Watermark: Strasbourg lily
