Name: ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Brand: Edgar Allan Poe
Price: 2200.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Edgar Allan Poe
etching, on laid papier verdâtre, 1860, a fine impression with a veil of tone, from the edition of 30 published by Dumont, 1890
Image: 7¹⁄₂ x 5⁷⁄₈ in. (190 x 149 mm.)
Sheet: 14¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₈ in. (368 x 238 mm.)

John W. Warrington, Cincinnati, Ohio; his sale, Important Prints from the Collection of John W. Warrington, Christie's, New York, 6 November 1996, lot 282.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

E. Moreau-Nélaton, Manet graveur et lithographe. Paris, 1906, no. 46.
M. Guérin, L'Oeuvre gravé de Manet, Paris, 1944, no. 55.
J.C. Harris, Edouard Manet Graphic Works A definitive Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1970, no. 2.

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Based on the Whitman daguerrotype which was taken in Providence, Rhode Island in 1848 and named after Sarah Helen Whitman to whom Poe proposed that year, it seems likely that this portrait is related to Baudelaire's projected edition of critical articles about the American poet. Originally Baudelaire approached Bracquemond but was dissatisfied with the result. He then consulted the photographer Nadar who suggested that he ask their mutual acquaintance Manet to undertake the project. Baudelaire seems to have rejected this portrait of Poe as well and later asked Alphonse Legros to produce another version. The plate was retained in Manet's studio and printed posthumously by Gennevilliers, Dumont and Strolin.