The Barricade (La barricade)

1871

Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    crayon lithograph with scraping on chine collé [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (chine collé): 46 × 33.2 cm (18 1/8 × 13 1/16 in.)
    mount: 56.9 × 43.8 cm (22 3/8 × 17 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1946.21.133

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no. 71


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Hartshorne (1866-1927), New Jersey, (Lugt 2215b); by descent to his son, Richard Hartshorne; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 January 1946, lot 105); Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1946.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1946

  • New acquisitions in the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no cat.

1956

  • Prints by the French Impressionists from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

1971

  • The Indignant Eye, Boston University, 1971, no. 62.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Barricade.

Bibliography

1970

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

1999

  • Wood, Paul, ed. The Challenge of the Avant-Garde. New Haven, 1999: 124, pl. 92.

Inscriptions

verso, lower left, in graphite, by later hand: 20741 / 74 [encircled]; verso, upper right, in graphite, by later hand: 2 in mat all around

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d); verso, stamped in black ink: Robert Hartshorne stamp (Lugt 2215b)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65071963


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