Edouard Manet (1832-1883) - La Toilette
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Edouard Manet, La Toilette (1862), an original brown‑ink etching printed in brown ink, plate size about 284 × 224 mm, edition of 100 exemplars, Strölin edition, in excellent condition and mounted with a certificate from an Italian antique bookseller (Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco, Turin).
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Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
La Toilette, 1862
Original etching by Édouard Manet, one of the leading figures of modern painting and a precursor of Impressionism.
The work depicts a female figure in an intimate, everyday moment, a theme dear to the artist, treated with extraordinary freedom of line and with intense chiaroscuro.
Technique: original etching, printed in brown ink
Plate size: approximately 284 × 224 mm
Edition: 100 copies
Edition: Strölin
The original copper plate is kept at the Cabinet des Estampes of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris); the preparatory sketch is in the Courtauld Collection in London.
The work is widely catalogued in the reference catalog: Guérin, L’œuvre gravé de Manet, no. 26.
Condition: excellent. Well-inked specimen, with wide margins, with no evident restorations.
Work mounted on a support with certification from an Italian antiquarian bookshop (Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco, Turin).
Rare and fascinating original engraving by one of the most important artists of the 19th century, of great historical and collector value.
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Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
La Toilette, 1862
Original etching by Édouard Manet, one of the leading figures of modern painting and a precursor of Impressionism.
The work depicts a female figure in an intimate, everyday moment, a theme dear to the artist, treated with extraordinary freedom of line and with intense chiaroscuro.
Technique: original etching, printed in brown ink
Plate size: approximately 284 × 224 mm
Edition: 100 copies
Edition: Strölin
The original copper plate is kept at the Cabinet des Estampes of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris); the preparatory sketch is in the Courtauld Collection in London.
The work is widely catalogued in the reference catalog: Guérin, L’œuvre gravé de Manet, no. 26.
Condition: excellent. Well-inked specimen, with wide margins, with no evident restorations.
Work mounted on a support with certification from an Italian antiquarian bookshop (Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco, Turin).
Rare and fascinating original engraving by one of the most important artists of the 19th century, of great historical and collector value.
Shipping via Poste Italiane
Details
Artist
Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
Title of artwork
La Toilette
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
France
Year
1862
Condition
Good condition
Height
28.4 cm
Width
22.4 cm
Depiction/theme
Nude
Style
Impressionism
Period
19th century
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