Portrait of a Lady, c. 1879

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 15 x 11.4 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

framed: 31.3 x 28.3 x 4.4 cm (12 5/16 x 11 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs

Accession Number

1952.9.1

Artists / Makers

Edouard Manet (artist) French, 1832 - 1883

Image Use

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Provenance

(M. Knoedler & Co., Paris), by 1932 until at least 1947.[1] Mrs. Charles Stewart Carstairs [née Elizabeth Stebbins, d. 1949], Lockport and Paris;[2] bequest 1952 to NGA.

[1] With Knoedler per Paul Jamot and Georges Wildenstein, Manet, 2 vols, Paris, 1932: I:240, no. 307. However, Margaret Iacono's 2016 article cites M. Knoedler & Co. records that indicate Charles Stewart Carstairs purchased the painting in 1914 (Margaret Iacono, "Charles Stewart Carstairs and Camille Pissaro's 'The Côte des Boeufs a L'Hermitage': model of magnanimity or marketing strategy?." The Burlington Magazine 158 [August 2016]: 635, fig. 36, 635 n. 40).

[2] Mrs. Carstairs was the widow of Charles Stewart Carstairs [1865-1928], who was part of the firm of M. Knoedler & Co., and the stepmother of Carroll Carstairs [d. 1948], who likewise worked with Knoedler before opening his own firm in 1934.

Associated Names

Carstairs, Charles S., Mrs.
Knoedler & Company, M.

Bibliography

1932: Jamot, Paul, and Georges Wildenstein. Manet. 2 vols. Paris, 1932: 1:240, no. 307.

1947: Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947: 366-367, 542, repro. 336

1953: "Accessions of American and Canadian Museums: January - March 1953." Art Quarterly 16 (Autumn 1953): 252, repro. 256.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 81.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 72, repro.

1970: Orienti, Sandra. The Complete Paintings of Manet. London, 1970:111, no. 288

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 210, repro.

1975: Rouart, Denis and Daniel Wildenstein. Edouard Manet, catalogue raisonné 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1975:I:204, no. 307

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 453, no. 655, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 242, repro.

2016: Iacono, Margaret. "Charles Stewart Carstairs and Camille Pissaro's 'The Côte des Boeufs a L'Hermitage': model of magnanimity or marketing strategy?." The Burlington Magazine 158 (August 2016): 635, fig. 36, 635 n. 40.