The Balloon, 1862

Not on View

Medium

lithograph in black on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 40.3 x 50.8 cm (15 7/8 x 20 in.)

sheet: 43.7 x 54.4 cm (17 3/16 x 21 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Harris 1970, no. 23, State trial proof

Accession Number

1995.47.77

Artists / Makers

Edouard Manet (artist) French, 1832 - 1883

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right stone: éd. Manet; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Epreuve unique

Provenance

André Bloch, Paris. David David-Weill [1871-1952], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25-26 May 1971); acquired by (R.M. Light & Co., Inc.) for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

David-Weill, David
Drouot, Hôtel
Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 152-153, color repro.

2016: In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

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