The Absinthe Drinker (Le buveur d'absinthe), 1862

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Medium

etching with aquatint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate/image: 25.1 x 14.5 cm (9 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
plate: 29 x 15.9 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

sheet: 32.8 x 20.5 cm (12 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Harris 1970, no. 16, State iii/iii

Accession Number

2009.19.1

Artists / Makers

Edouard Manet (artist) French, 1832 - 1883

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Inscription

recto, lower left, in graphite by later hand: MN8.; lower right, in partially erased graphite by later hand: 1862; verso, lower right, in graphite by later hand: 060269

Marks and Labels

verso, lower right, stamped in black ink: Henri Marie Petiet (Lugt 5031)

Provenance

Henri Marie Petiet [1894-1980], Paris; (Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.
Petiet, Henri M.

Exhibition History

2009: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1970: Harris, Jean C. Edouard Manet, graphic works; a definitive catalogue raisonne. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970: 16 iii/iii