Dead Toreador (Torero mort)

1868

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

The image shows a person lying down on their back with closed eyes and dark hair. They are wearing dark clothing and holding a long, thin object in one hand. The background is a simple, monochromatic surface. The artwork is signed "Manet" in the lower left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5763

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no. 55, State iii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marcel Mirault (1860-1929), Tours (Lugt 1892a)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, 1966-1967, no. 60b, repro.

1995

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

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.

Markings

recto: none; verso: Marcel Mirault (Lugt 1892a)

Wikidata ID

Q65019589

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