Etching on China laid paper
France, 1865
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) – French painter, etcher and lithographer
Signed lower right in the plate ‘Manet‘
Inscribed below in the plate ‘Peint et Gravé par Manet 1865 / Imp. A. Salmon.‘
Original title ‘Portrait Charles Baudelaire, de face’
Catalogue raisonné: Harris 61 V
One of 50 early prints before the edition for Charles Asselineau's book ‘Charles Baudelaire, sa Vie et son Oeuvre’ (Paris, 1869)
Etchings by Édouard Manet fetch up more than 5,000 Euros at international auctions
Plate: 9.6 x 8.3 cm
Very good condition

The etching by the great French Impressionist Édouard Manet (1832-1883) depicts the portrait of the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) at the age of 44 years. The talent of a great master of his field becomes evident with this work. Manet has created this portrait in detailed manner and outstanding definition.



The etching is signed lower right in the plate ‘Manet‘, and inscribed below in the plate ‘Peint et Gravé par Manet 1865 / Imp. A. Salmon.‘. The sheet is framed under a mat and in very good condition with minimal traces of wear and age, like traces of a former mounting on the reverse. The size of the plate is 9.6 x 8.3 cm.



Édouard Manet (1832-1883)

The French painter, etcher and lithographer Édouard Manet ranks next to Gustave Courbet, Pierre-August Renoir and Claude Monet amongst the most prolific artists of French Impressionism. Manet was initially taught as a pupil of Thomas Couture. Most of his works were met with criticism at his life time and refusal of the Salon Paris. Amongst his most famous paintings are ‘Absinth Drinker’, ‘Piper’, and ‘Bar in the Folies Bergère’. Several studies led Manet to travel Europe. After his death in 1883, his fame rose constantly and his impact on the development of painting of the late 19th Century emerged more clearly. Today, many of his works are hanging in almost every renowned picture gallery, for example the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, the Belvedere in Vienna, the Kunsthaus Zurich, the Louvre in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (tm)



Literatur:

Jean C. Harris, Edouard Manet: Graphic Works. A Definitive Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1970, No. 61V.

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