Inscription
lower left on table: manet
Provenance
From the artist, ca. 1881, to Charles Deudon [1832-1914]; by inheritance to his wife, Mme. Charles Deudon, Nice; sold by 1919 to (Paul Rosenberg et Cie., Paris).[1] Arthur Sachs [1880-1975], New York, Paris, and Cannes, by 1927 until at least 1948. (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 1961 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1971 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1880
- Exhibition, La Vie Moderne, Paris, 1880, no. 4.
- 1884
- Exposition Manet, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1884, no. 86.[1]
- 1921
- Exhibition of Paintings by the Great French Impressionists from the Collection of Monsieur Paul Rosenberg of Paris, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1921-1922, no. 11.
- 1922
- Exposition d'oeuvres de grands maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle, Paul Rosenberg, Paris,1922, no. 53.
- 1927
- [Loan exhibition for the opening of the new building], Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1927, no catalogue.
- 1929
- Exhibition of French Painting of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1929, no. 57, repro.
- 1932
- Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 470.
- 1932
- Exposition Manet, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1932, no. 64.
- 1934
- XIX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, 1934, no. 10.
- 1937
- Edouard Manet 1832-1883, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1937, no. 24, repro.
- 1946
- The Arthur Sachs Collection, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1946-1947, no catalogue, repro. in Bulletin 4, no. 7 (November 1946): 62.
- 1948
- A Loan Exhibition of Manet for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1948, no. 23, repro.
- 1955
- Mostra di capolavori della pittura francese dell'ottocento, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1955, no. 68, repro.
- 1962
- Artmobile II ("Twelve Portraits: Delacroix to Gauguin"), sponsored by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1962, no. 2.
- 1966
- French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 40, repro.
- 1982
- Manet and Modern Paris, National Gallery of Art, 1982-1983, no. 18, repro.
- 1983
- Manet, Grand Palais, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1983, no. 165.
- 1986
- Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 25, repro.
- 1986
- Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, July-October 1986, unnumbered checklist, repro.
- 1986
- Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, January-May 1986, no. 15, repro.
- 1989
- Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
- 1990
- Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 25, repro.
- 1992
- From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 43, repro.
- 1996
- Manet, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, 1996, no. 49, repro., as The Plum.
- 1996
- The Rise of the Art World in America: Knoedler at 150, M. Knoedler & Company, New York, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, repro. and back cover, as The Plum.
- 1998
- Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 36, fig. 162.
- 1999
- An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no catalogue.
- 2001
- Paris-Barcelone, de Gaudi à Miró, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 2001-2002, unnumbered catalogues, repros.
- 2006
- Women in Impressionism: from Mythical Feminine to Modern Woman., Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 2006-2007, no. 48, repro.
- 2010
- Bilder einer Metropole: Die Impressionisten in Paris [Images of a Capital - The Impressionists in Paris], Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2010-2011, no. 47, repro.
- 2011
- Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 24, repro.
- 2015
- Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution, 1850-1910 [Easy Virtue. Prostitution in French Art, 1850-1910], Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2015-2016, no. 31, repro.
- 2019
- Manet and Modern Beauty, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2019 - 2020, no. 8, repro.
Exhibition History Notes
[1] Plum Brandy was displayed immediately to the left of the NGA painting The Melon (2014.18.29) in this exhibition.
Bibliography
- 1880
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- 1902
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- 1910
- Duret, Théodore. Manet and the French Impressionists. Translated by J.E. Crawford Flitch. London and Philadelphia, 1910: 245, no. 227.
- 1919
- Duret, Théodore. Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre.Paris, 1919: no. 227
- 1920
- "La Collection Deudon." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique (1 May 1920): 306 - 307, repro.
- 1926
- Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet, raconté par lui-même. 2 vols. Paris, 1926: II: 53, 91, repro.
- 1927
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- 1927
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- 1931
- Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet: histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931:308-309.
- 1932
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- 1932
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- 1932
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- 1932
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- 1937
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- 1947
- Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947: 314+
- 1952
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- 1955
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- 1957
- Fénéon, Félix. "The Manet Retrospective (1884)." In "The Art Criticism of Félix Fénéon." Trans. by Francis Kloeppel. Arts 31, no. 4 (January 1957): 17.
- 1958
- Richardson, John. Edouard Manet: paintings and drawings. London, 1958: no. 55, repro.
- 1960
- Bouchot-Saupique, Jacqueline. "Etudes de quelques dessins de Manet faisant partie de l'ancienne collection Pellerin." Bulletin de la Société de l'Historie de l'Art Français (1960): 134.
- 1966
- Gimpel, René. Diary of an Art Dealer. Translated by John Rosenberg. New York, 1966: 121.
- 1966
- Kuh, Katherine. "Golden Loans for a Silver Anniversary." Saturday Review (19 March 1966): repro. p. 46.
- 1966
- Neugass, Fritz. "Jubiläumsschau in der National-Galerie in Washington." Weltkunst XXXVI, no. 8 (15 April 1966): 336.
- 1966
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- 1967
- Orienti, Sandra. L'opera pittorica di Édouard Manet. Milan, 1967: no. 233, repro.
- 1968
- Schneider, Pierre. The World of Manet, 1832-1883. New York, 1968: 141, repro. 148.
- 1970
- Orienti, Sandra. The Complete Paintings of Manet. London, 1970: no. 233, repro.
- 1972
- Bazin, Germain. Edouard Manet. Milan, 1972: 9, 57.
- 1972
- "Recent Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." The Art Quarterly XXXV (Summer 1972): 189, repro. 202.
- 1973
- Fischel, Lilli. "Von der Bildform der französischen Impressionisten." Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 15 (1973): 71-72, repro. pl. 8.
- 1973
- Hofmann, Werner. Nana: Mythos un Wirklichkeit. Cologne, 1973: repro. 11.
- 1973
- Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1973: 400-401, repro.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 212, repro.
- 1975
- Mauner, George. Manet: Peintre-Philosophe; A Study of the Painter's Themes. University Park, PA, and London, 1975: 159.
- 1975
- Rouart, Denis and Daniel Wildenstein. Edouard Manet, catalogue raisonné 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1975: I: no. 282.
- 1980
- Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York, 1980: 82, 116, 282, 436. repro. 119.
- 1980
- Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. 4th Rev. ed. New York, 1980: 399 - 401, repro.
- 1982
- Ross, Novelene. Manet's 'Bar at the Folies-Bergère' and the Myths of Popular Illustration. Ann Arbor, 1982: 49
- 1984
- Oberthur, Mariel. Cafes and Cabarets of Montmartre. Salt Lake City, 1984: 26, repro.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 449, no. 648, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 246, repro.
- 1985
- House, John. Impressionist Masterpieces, National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1985:32, repro.
- 1986
- Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London, 1986:55, repro.
- 1989
- Distel, Anne. "Charles Deudon (1832-1914), collectionneur." Revue de l'art no. 86 (1989): 63, repro.
- 1989
- Distel, Anne. Les collectionneurs des impressionnistes. Amateurs et marchands. Paris, 1989:158, repro.
- 1990
- Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 25, repro.
- 1991
- Darragon, Eric. Manet. Paris, 1991: repro. 196.
- 1991
- Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 277, 278, color repro.
- 1991
- Néret, Gilles. Toulouse-Lautrec. Paris, 1991: 78, repro.
- 1992
- Carr-Gomm, Sarah. Manet. London, 1992: 122, repro.
- 1992
- Feist, Peter H. Malerei des Impressionismus 1860-1920. 2 vols. Cologne, 1992: 1:165, repro.
- 1992
- Stevenson, Lesley. Manet. New York, 1992: 147, repro.
- 1993
- Manoeuvre, Laurent. Manet-Paris. Paris, 1993: 50, repro.
- 1993
- Perutz, Vivien. Edouard Manet. London and Toronto, 1993: repro. pl. 56.
- 1994
- Kranzfelder, Ivo. Edward Hopper, 1882-1967: Vision der Wirklichkeit. Cologne, 1994: 150, repro.
- 1994
- Rubin, James H. Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets. Cambridge, 1994: repro. 35.
- 1995
- Reff, Theodore, and Florence Valdès-Forain. Jean-Louis Forain: The Impressionist Years: The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Collection. Exh. cat. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; The Burrell Collection, Glasgow; Fondation de L'Hermitage, Lausanne; Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris. Memphis, 1995: 86, repro.
- 1996
- Landi, Ann. "150 Years of Helping Shape a Nation's Taste." New York Times (December 1, 1996): 43, repro.
- 1996
- Rathbone, Eliza E., et al. Impressionists on the Seine: A Celebration of Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. Washington, 1996: repro. 147.
- 1997
- Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 99, repro.
- 1997
- Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 102-103, color repro.
- 2003
- Mena Marqués, Manuela B. Manet en el Prado. Exh. cat. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2003: 94, repro.
- 2004
- Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 364, no. 299, color repro.
- 2004
- Wagstaff, Sheena, et al. Edward Hopper. Exh. cat. Tate Modern, London, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2004-2005. London, 2004: 17, repro. fig. 5.
- 2005
- Fahy, Everett, ed. The Wrightsman Pictures. New Haven, 2005: 418-419, under cat. 120, fig. 4.
- 2008
- Fowles, Frances, with contributions by Vivien Hamilton and Jennifer Melville. Impressionism & Scotland. Exh cat. National Galleries of Scotland, 2008: 39-40, repro.
- 2011
- Valdès-Forain, Florence. "Le plus incisif des Impressionistes." In Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931): "La Comédie parisienne". Exh. cat. Petit Palais, Paris, 2011: 36, color repro.
- 2013
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- 2023
- Smee, Sebastian. "Reflecting on 'Manet/Degas.'" The Washington Post (1 October 2023): H: 1, repro., 9.
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