Polichinelle

1874

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

This print shows an old man in an elaborate outfit, standing with his body facing the right and his head turned to us with a neutral expression. He has pale skin, rosy cheeks, a white mustache, bushy white eyebrows, and white hair that hangs down on either side of his face. He wears a large light blue tricorn hat and a frilly white collar over a blue and white tunic with lacy details. A large section of his chest appears to protrude forward and hang down. He has white and blue trousers, one red stocking and one blue stocking, and red shoes. The man appears to have his hands behind his back, holding a long wooden rod or staff. The background is plain beige paper.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA; American private collection (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12-13 May 1988, no. 201); purchased by (David Tunick, Inc.,) for Malcolm Weiner; partial and promised gift to NGA in 1990.

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Exhibition History

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the national Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 170-171, color repro.

1998

  • Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 27.

Bibliography

1970

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

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.170.

1998

  • Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare. Exh. cat. Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 27.

2011

  • Guegan, Stephane.Manet, inventeur du Moderne. Paris, 2011, fig. 6.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Manet; lower center in red: Feroce et rose avec du feu dans sa prunelle, / Effronte, saoul, divin, c'est lui Polichinelle! / Theodore de Banville.

Wikidata ID

Q74885158

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