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Édouard Manet
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Édouard Manet
- Étude pour "La Femme en bleu"
- Watercolor on paper
- 5 1/8 by 8 1/8 in.
- 13 by 20.5 cm
Provenance
Dr. Hugo Cassirer, Berlin
Frau Hugo Cassirer, née Charlotte [Lotte] Jacobi, later Mme Alfred Fuerstenberg (by descent from the above)
Private Collection
Private Collection, Paris (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 3, 2012, Lot 204)
Acquired at the above sale
Frau Hugo Cassirer, née Charlotte [Lotte] Jacobi, later Mme Alfred Fuerstenberg (by descent from the above)
Private Collection
Private Collection, Paris (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 3, 2012, Lot 204)
Acquired at the above sale
Exhibited
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art & Osaka, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Édouard Manet, 1986, no. 52, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Literature
Curt Glaser, Édouard Manet, Faksimiles nach Zeichnungen und Aquarellen, Munich, 1922, no. XX, illustrated p. 429 (incorrectly identifies the sitter as Mme Loubens)
Adolphe Tabarant, Manet: Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, no. 108, p. 560
Adolphe Tabarant, Manet et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1947, no. 676
Kurt Martin, Édouard Manet, Aquarelles et pastels, Basel, 1958, no. 28, illustrated in color pl. 28
Alain de Leiris, The Drawings of Édouard Manet, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1969, no. 601
Denis Rouart & Daniel Wildenstein, Édouard Manet: Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Lausanne & Paris, 1975, no. 434, illustrated p. 159
Adolphe Tabarant, Manet: Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, no. 108, p. 560
Adolphe Tabarant, Manet et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1947, no. 676
Kurt Martin, Édouard Manet, Aquarelles et pastels, Basel, 1958, no. 28, illustrated in color pl. 28
Alain de Leiris, The Drawings of Édouard Manet, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1969, no. 601
Denis Rouart & Daniel Wildenstein, Édouard Manet: Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Lausanne & Paris, 1975, no. 434, illustrated p. 159
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper. Affixed to a mat at the upper corners on the verso. A few faint peach-colored stains are visible in the upper right and upper left quadrants and there is some faint studio staining on the verso. The top edge of the sheet is unevenly cut. Otherwise fine; the work is in excellent condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The sitter in this work is traditionally identified as Adele, the American wife of Jules Guillemet, a well-known dress shop owner and a friend of the artist. Both Adele and her husband were painted by Manet on several occasions. A pastel version of this image, entitled Le Repos, was sold at auction in the mid-1980s for an impressive $550,000. Another related portrait hangs in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.