Provenance

Raphael Gérard

French

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Honoré Daumier, French Theater, c. 1856, oil on wood, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.13

French Theater

Honoré Daumier · c. 1856 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1963.10.13

A small, shaggy, black and white dog stands in a wood paneled room with its body angled to our right but turning its head, pink tongue out, to our left in this vertical painting. The animal is painted with loose brushstrokes that evoke the dog’s long, feathery fur. The dog peers to our left with golden brown eyes. It is black along its flanks and ears, with a stripe of white down the center of the head, and on the muzzle. The chest, belly, and legs are also white, and the bushy tail, which curls up and out like a fountain, is a mixture of black and white. Leaning on the paneling behind the dog to our right is a light wood walking stick. An object, presumably a stuffed toy in the shape of a person wearing a long black robe lined in crimson, lies on the brownish sage-green floor in front of the dog. The dog’s name, “TAMA,” appears in tan block letters at the upper left. The artist signed the work in the lower right corner, "Manet."
Edouard Manet, Tama, the Japanese Dog, c. 1875, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.12

Tama, the Japanese Dog

Edouard Manet · c. 1875 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1995.47.12

A young girl with long blond hair and smooth, pale skin is shown from the chest up facing our left in profile in this vertical portrait painting. She has large brown eyes under faint brows, a petite nose, and her coral-pink lips are closed. Her hair, which falls below her shoulders, is held in place with a scarlet-red headband, and short bangs fringe her forehead. A black hat with an upturned brim and gently curving crown sits on the back of her head with ribbons streaming down her back, and a loosely painted gold earring dangles from her ear. Her black cape has a pewter-gray collar and hem around the shoulders. A touch of red at the chest suggests a bow. The background is streaked with teal blue over pale yellow. The artist dated the upper left corner, 1873, and signed the top right, “J J HENNER.”
Jean-Jacques Henner, Alsatian Girl, 1873, oil on wood, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.32

Alsatian Girl

Jean-Jacques Henner · 1873 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1963.10.32