Polichinelle, 1874

Not on View

Medium

7-color lithograph on bright white wove paper (second edition)

Dimensions

sheet: 52.1 x 32.4 cm (20 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Harris 1970, no. 80, State iii/iii [2nd printing]

Accession Number

1995.10.1

Artists / Makers

Edouard Manet (artist) French, 1832 - 1883

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate just below image: Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris.; lower right in plate within image: Manet; lower center in plate: Féroce & rose avec du feu dans sa prunelle, / Effronté, saoul, divin, c'est lui Polichinelle! / Théodore de Banville.

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased by NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Exhibition History

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 18.

2011: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, 2011, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

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

2010: Jones, Kimberly A. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2010.