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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
"Les petits salons a coté du grand salon." L'Artiste (July 1990): 32.
1902
Duret, Théodore. Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre.Paris, 1902: no. 227.
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
Perkins, Harley. "Paintings by the Masters Lent for Fogg Opening." Boston Evening Transcript (18 June 1927): book section, 8, repro.
1927
Siple, Walter H. "The Opening Exhibition." The Arts XII, no. 1 (July 1927): repro. 38.
1931
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet: histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931:308-309.
1932
Huyghe, Rene. "Manet, peintre." L'Amour de l'Art 13, no. 5 (May 1932): 176, 184, repro.
1932
Jamot, Paul, and Georges Wildenstein. Manet. 2 vols. Paris, 1932: 1: 98, 103, 156, no. 293.
1932
Jamot, Paul. "Le centenaire de Manet." Gazette des Beaux-Arts VIe period, VIII (July 1932): 51-56, repro.
1932
Wildenstein, Georges. "Paintings from America in the French Exhibition." The Fine Arts 18 (January 1932): 25, 54, repro.
1934
Bernardi, Marziano. Pittura e scultura alla XIX Biennale di Venezia. Turin, 1934: 37.
1937
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Manet: The First American Retrospective." Art News XXXV, no. 25 (20 March 1937): 11-14, 24, repro.
1937
"Manet en Amérique." Beaux-Arts Magazine no. 224 (April 1937): 1, repro.
1939
Venturi, Lionello. Les archives de l'impressionnisme. 2 vols. Paris and New York, 1939: I: 152-155.
1944
Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. London, 1944: pl. 10.
1946
Howe, Thomas Carr. "The Arthur Sachs Collection." Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. 4, no. 7 (November 1946): 61, repro.
1947
MacAgy, Jermayne. "The Café Guerbois." Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor 4, no. 10 (February 1947): 83-84, repro.
1947
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947: 314+
1952
Watt, Alexander. "Paris Commentary." The Studio 144 (October 1952): 121-122.
1955
"Note e Commenti: Pittori dell'Ottocento francese a Palazzo Strozzi a Florence." Emporium CXXI (June 1955): 264.
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
Young, Mahonri Sharp. "The Mellon Collections: The Great Years of French Painting." Apollo 83 (June 1966): 426, repro.
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
Lipiński, Filip. "Hopper wirtualny: Obrazy w pamiętającym spojrzeniu." Ph.D. dissertation. Uniwersytet Adam Mickiewicz, Poznań, 2013. Toruń, 2013: 451, 525, 628, color fig. 216.
2023
Smee, Sebastian. "Reflecting on 'Manet/Degas.'" The Washington Post (1 October 2023): H: 1, repro., 9.

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