Polichinelle

1874

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

The image shows a person walking with a staff, wearing an elaborate outfit and distinct facial features. The person has a tricorn hat, a pink jacket with lace detailing, a white cravat, multi-colored trousers, and red shoes with white pom-poms. Their facial features include a prominent nose, furrowed brow, and curly grey hair. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    7-color lithograph on Japanese paper (first edition)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.4 x 35 cm (21 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.85

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no. 80, State iii/iii [1st printing]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1947.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Prints 1800-1945, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; City Art Museum of St. Louis; and Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, 1966, no. 125.

1982

  • Manet and Modern Paris, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1982, no. 40.

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

1995

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

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 17.

Bibliography

1970

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate just below image: Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris.; lower center in plate just below image: (Tiré à 25.); lower right in plate within image: Manet; lower right in plate just below image: No. 17 (numeral in graphite); lower center in plate: Féroce & rose avec du feu dans sa prunelle, / Effronté, saoul, divin, c'est lui Polichinelle! / Théodore de Banville.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: epreuve ancien très rare

Wikidata ID

Q65071967

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