Le Fleuve (The River)

1874

Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

Charles Emile-Hortensius Cros

Author, French, 1842 - 1888

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    unbound volume with 8 illustrations in etching and drypoint on 4 sheets of laid paper, folded at center

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    book: 28.4 × 24.5 × 0.3 cm (11 3/16 × 9 5/8 × 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.112.7.1-8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no, 79 (a-h), only state

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Associated Artworks

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River in the Plain

Edouard Manet, Charles Emile-Hortensius Cros

1874

High Valley

Edouard Manet, Charles Emile-Hortensius Cros

1874

The Dragonfly

Edouard Manet, Charles Emile-Hortensius Cros

1874

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; bequest of Mrs. Paul Mellon to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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: no. 79 (a-h), only state.

Inscriptions

signed in brown pen by author and artist: Charles Cros Ed. Manet,

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