Civil War (Guerre civile)

1871

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

Lemercier & Cie

Publisher

This is a print showing an outdoor space filled with debris and a person lying on the ground. In the background are vertical shaded sections, suggesting tall buildings or structures. Closer to us, a low wall crosses the scene horizontally, appearing to be made of bricks or stones. The ground near us is scattered with debris, including what looks like an overturned barrel near the bottom left corner. In the center, a man lays on his back on the ground. He appears to be wearing a dark suit and a black bowler hat and has light skin and a white mustache. In the bottom right corner, another pair of legs is visible, with dark shoes and striped trousers. “

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 40 x 50.7 cm (15 3/4 x 19 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.6 x 60.4 cm (18 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5758

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no. 72, State 2nd tirage

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1947

  • Six Centuries of Prints, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1947, no cat.

1956

  • Prints by the French Impressionists from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

1957

  • Michigan State University, 1957.

1962

  • Etchings and Lithographs by Edouard Manet from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, no cat.

1963

  • Modern Prints and Illustrated Books from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1963, no cat.

1971

  • The Indignant Eye, Boston University, 1971, no. 63.

1995

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

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1970

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

1999

  • Wood, Paul, ed. The Challenge of the Avant-Garde. New Haven, 1999: 124, pl. 93.

Inscriptions

recto: in stone, in image, at lower left: Manet / 1871; in stone, below image, at left: Tiré à cent exemplaires; in stone, below image, at center: GUERRE CIVILE; in stone, below image, at right: Imp. Lemercier & Cie. r de Seine 57 Paris

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d)

Wikidata ID

Q65019578

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