Portrait of Édouard Manet
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
1867/1880
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About this work
The composition of this drawing is identical with that of the elegant portrait that Fantin-Latour made of Manet in 1867, also in the Art Institute. The controlled and very finished appearance of this work is characteristic of the drawings Fantin-Latour made after paintings for reproduction in the illustrated press. Indeed, it was drawn as a souvenir of the painting to accompany an article devoted to Manet at the time of the exhibition of his paintings and pastels at the galleries of La Vie Moderne.
- Medium
- Black crayon, with touches of charcoal, on cream wove paper
- Original size
- 39.9 × 31.1 cm (15 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)
Museum record · 3 owners · 8 exhibitions
Provenance
- Given by the artist to Edouard Manet; by descent to Mme. Manet (née Suzanne Leenhoff); by descent to Leon Leenhoff (died 1927); given to Aristide Albert.
- Princess de Polignac (probably née Winnaretta Singer) (died 1943).
- Sold by Martin Fabiani, Paris, to Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, 1967; sold by Mrs. Walter Feilchenfeldt to the Art Institute, 1967.
Exhibitions
- Paris, Durand-Ruel, "Fantin-Latour." Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p..
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "European Portraits 1600-1900 in The Art Institute of Chicago," July 8-September 11, 1978.
- New York, Wildenstein & Co., "Paris Caf°," 1985.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Great Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago: The Harold Joachim Years 1958-1983," July 24-September 30, 1985, cat. by Martha Tedeschi.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, May 1, 1987-July 24, 1989 (Installation in Allerton gallery 225A).
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Impressionism, Fashion & Modernity", June 26-September 22, 2013, 284, cat. by Gloria Groom et. al.
- Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, "Manet and Modern Beauty", October 8, 2019 - January 12, 2020, The Art Institute of Chicago, May 26 - September 8, 2019,, 174, 273, cat. by Scott Allan, Emily A. Beeny, Gloria Groom, et. al.
