Lot Essay
The present drawing is related to the figure of Mme Manet in the 1868 painting Madame Manet au Piano in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
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Tête de femme
Details
Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
Tête de femme
stamped with initials 'E.M.' (Lugt 880; lower right)
sanguine on paper squared for transfer laid down on paper
10 ¾ x 8 7/8 in. (27.1 x 22.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1867
Tête de femme
stamped with initials 'E.M.' (Lugt 880; lower right)
sanguine on paper squared for transfer laid down on paper
10 ¾ x 8 7/8 in. (27.1 x 22.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1867
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Suzanne Leenhoff (wife of the artist), Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie de Bayser, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, May 1969.
Suzanne Leenhoff (wife of the artist), Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie de Bayser, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, May 1969.
Literature
E. Waldmann, Edouard Manet, Berlin, 1923, p. 103 (illustrated).
J. Rewald, Edouard Manet, Pastels, Oxford, 1947, p. 6 (illustrated).
A. de Leiris, The Drawings of Edouard Manet, Berkeley, 1969, pp. 107-108, no. 183 (illustrated, fig. 220).
G. Bazin, Edouard Manet, Milan, 1972, p. 65 (illustrated, p. 64, fig. 1; titled Studio per 'Mme Manet al piano').
D. Rouart and D. Wildenstein, Edouard Manet, Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1975, vol. II, p. 144, no. 384 (illustrated, p. 145).
J. Rewald, Edouard Manet, Pastels, Oxford, 1947, p. 6 (illustrated).
A. de Leiris, The Drawings of Edouard Manet, Berkeley, 1969, pp. 107-108, no. 183 (illustrated, fig. 220).
G. Bazin, Edouard Manet, Milan, 1972, p. 65 (illustrated, p. 64, fig. 1; titled Studio per 'Mme Manet al piano').
D. Rouart and D. Wildenstein, Edouard Manet, Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1975, vol. II, p. 144, no. 384 (illustrated, p. 145).
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