At the Café (Au café)

1869

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

This is a print of a café interior. Men are engaged in various activities at tables. On the left, some men are seated at a long table, while on the right a man in a suit and apron, likely a server, stands with his hands on his hips, holding a towel. An overcoat and hat are hanging up in the background, and most of the seated men are wearing dark coats. All of the men in the drawing appear to have light skin and dark hair, and many of them have mustaches or beards. More tables continue in a line into the distance on the left. The background of the print is beige paper, and the lines are black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph printed in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.3 x 33.4 cm (10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 31 x 43.9 cm (12 3/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.82

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no. 66, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1959

  • The Great Century: France 1800-1900, The University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1959.

1966

  • Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, 1966-1967, no. 93, repro.

Bibliography

1970

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

Wikidata ID

Q65222754

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