Civil War (Guerre civile)
1871
Artist, French, 1832 - 1883
Publisher
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Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph on chine collé
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Credit Line
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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
1943.3.5758
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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