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ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Le buveur d'absinthe ('The Absinthe Drinker')
etching and aquatint
circa 1867-68
on cream wove paper, without watermark
a very good, dark and rich impression
third, final state, with the addition of aquatint by Manet (and possibly Bracquemond) around 1867-68 or 1874
printed before the Porcaboeuf edition on Japan paper and before the cancellation of the plate
with margins
some pale foxing and staining
Plate 29,3 x 16,1 cm. (1112 x 638 in.)
Sheet 33,6 x 20,6 cm. (1614 x 818 in.)
Provenance
With William Weston Gallery, London.
Acquired at the above in 1977; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
M. Guérin, L'Oeuvre gravé de Manet, New York, Amsterdam, 1969, no. 9 (other impressions ill.).
J. C. Harris, Édouard Manet - The Graphic Work - A Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. 16, pp. 79-82 (other impressions ill.).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Auf Stein gezeichnet – Lithographien von Bresdin bis Vuillard, November 2013 - March 2014, no. 51 (ill.), pp. 34-35, 86.
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