Edouard Manet, Bust-Length Portrait (Manet en buste)

1864/1865

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

This is an etching showing a side profile of a man's upper body. The man is facing left with his head turned slightly towards the front. He has a prominent nose, a beard, and a receding hairline with his hair combed back. He is wearing a dark jacket and a white collared shirt. The background has horizontal lines, giving it a textured appearance. A signature "Degas" is at the bottom right corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and aquatint in red-brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25 x 17 cm (9 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.439

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reed/Shapiro 1984, no. 19, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1951

  • Mary Cassatt and her Parisian Friends, Pasadena Art Institute, CA, 1951, no. 55.

1960

  • Loan exhibition of Degas for the benefit of the Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc., Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1960, no. 112.

1964

  • Etchings by Edgar Degas, The University of Chicago, 1964, no. 13.

1984

  • Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, 1984-1985, no. 19 (IV), not repro.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

1984

  • Reed, Sue Welsh, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984: no.19, State iv/iv (dated 1864-1865).

Wikidata ID

Q65222719

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