Polichinelle

1874

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

The image shows a person in a walking pose. The person has a large nose, pronounced mouth, raised eyebrows, and a smirk. They wear a large hat with ornate detailing and colorful garments including a ruffled collar, a patterned vest, puffed sleeves, knee-length pants, boots, and hold a wooden stick in their right hand. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    7-color lithograph on bright white wove paper (second edition)

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 52.1 x 32.4 cm (20 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.10.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1970, no. 80, State iii/iii [2nd printing]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased by NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 18.

2011

  • Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, 2011, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1970

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

2010

  • Jones, Kimberly A. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2010.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate just below image: Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris.; lower right in plate within image: Manet; lower center in plate: Féroce & rose avec du feu dans sa prunelle, / Effronté, saoul, divin, c'est lui Polichinelle! / Théodore de Banville.

Wikidata ID

Q75126031

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