The Absinthe Drinker (Le buveur d'absinthe)

1862

Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate/image: 25.1 x 14.5 cm (9 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
    plate: 29 x 15.9 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 32.8 x 20.5 cm (12 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.19.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no. 16, State iii/iii

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri Marie Petiet [1894-1980], Paris; (Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1970

  • Harris, Jean C. Edouard Manet, graphic works; a definitive catalogue raisonne. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970: 16 iii/iii

Inscriptions

recto, lower left, in graphite by later hand: MN8.; lower right, in partially erased graphite by later hand: 1862; verso, lower right, in graphite by later hand: 060269

Markings

verso, lower right, stamped in black ink: Henri Marie Petiet (Lugt 5031)

Watermarks

backwards S or an M with a heart and an A all in an oval(?) (late 16th or early 17th century French, according to dealer notes) (not identified in Briquet, Churchill, etc.)

Wikidata ID

Q76439289

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