Details

Provenance

Eugène Manet & Berthe Morisot, Paris (a gift from the artist) Julie Rouart ( née Manet; daughter of the above), Paris (by descent from the above and until at least 1960) Private Collection, USA (acquired by 1970) Sale: Christie's, New York, 19th May 1981, lot 308 Purchased at the above sale

Exhibited

Paris, 11 rue de Peletier, La deuxième exposition des Impressionnistes , 1876, no. 38 (titled Portrait de Mr E. M... ) Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Degas, Portraitiste, S culpteur , 1931, no. 60 (catalogued as oil on canvas, with inverted dimensions and as dating from circa 1875) Venice, XX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte , 1936, no. 12 Toronto, The Art Gallery of Toronto; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Portland, Portland Art Museum & Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Berthe Morisot and her circle: Paintings from the Rouart Collection, Paris , 1952-53, no. 28, a detail illustrated in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Edgar Degas , 1960, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions) Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Berthe Morisot , 1961, no. 185 (titled Eugène Manet l'année de son mariage ) Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art & San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, The New Painting, Impressionism: 1874-1886 , 1986, no. 23, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (titled Portrait de Mr E. M... and catalogued as oil on canvas) London, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, 19th & 20th Century Masters and Selected Old Masters , 1987, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas) Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich & Tubingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Degas Portraits , 1994-95, no. 115, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas)

Literature

Paul Lafond, Degas , Paris, 1918, illustrated p. 32 Julius Meier-Graefe, Degas, Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Modernen Malerei , Munich, 1920, illustrated p. 22 (as dating from 1873) Camille Mauclair, Degas , Paris, 1937, illustrated pl. 42 Marguerite Rebatet, Degas , Paris, 1944, no. 28, illustrated n.p. (as dating from circa 1875) Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre , Paris, 1946, vol. II, no. 339, illustrated p. 179 (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions) Robert Rey, Degas , Paris, 1952, illustrated pl. 22 (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions) Pierre Cabanne, Edgar Degas , Paris, 1957, no. 58, illustrated p. 111 Rosamonde Bernier, 'Dans la lumière impressionniste', in L'Oeil, May 1959, no. 53, illustrated p. 40 Agathe Rouart-Valéry, 'Degas in the Circle of Paul Valéry', in Art News , November 1960, vol. LIX, no. 7, illustrated pp. 38 & 62 Jean Sutherland Boggs, Portraits by Degas , Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1962, mentioned p. 93, note 18 'The Great Ones All Painted Us', in Life , 10th May 1963, illustrated in colour n.p. Franco Russoli & Fiorella Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas , Milan, 1970, no. 371, illustrated p. 104 (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions)

Catalog summary

Edgar Degas 1834 - 1917 Eugène Manet signed Degas (lower left) oil on paper laid down on board 63 by 79.5cm., 24¾ by 31¼in. Painted in 1874. Provenance Eugène Manet & Berthe Morisot, Paris (a gift from the artist) Julie Rouart ( née Manet; daughter of the above), Paris (by descent from the above and until at least 1960) Private Collection, USA (acquired by 1970) Sale: Christie's, New York, 19th May 1981, lot 308 Purchased at the above sale Exhibited Paris, 11 rue de Peletier, La deuxième exposition des Impressionnistes , 1876, no. 38 (titled Portrait de Mr E. M... ) Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Degas, Portraitiste, S culpteur , 1931, no. 60 (catalogued as oil on canvas, with inverted dimensions and as dating from circa 1875) Venice, XX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte , 1936, no. 12 Toronto, The Art Gallery of Toronto; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Portland, Portland Art Museum & Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Berthe Morisot and her circle: Paintings from the Rouart Collection, Paris , 1952-53, no. 28, a detail illustrated in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Edgar Degas , 1960, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions) Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Berthe Morisot , 1961, no. 185 (titled Eugène Manet l'année de son mariage ) Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art & San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, The New Painting, Impressionism: 1874-1886 , 1986, no. 23, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (titled Portrait de Mr E. M... and catalogued as oil on canvas) London, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, 19th & 20th Century Masters and Selected Old Masters , 1987, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas) Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich & Tubingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Degas Portraits , 1994-95, no. 115, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (catalogued as oil on canvas) Literature Paul Lafond, Degas , Paris, 1918, illustrated p. 32 Julius Meier-Graefe, Degas, Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Modernen Malerei , Munich, 1920, illustrated p. 22 (as dating from 1873) Camille Mauclair, Degas , Paris, 1937, illustrated pl. 42 Marguerite Rebatet, Degas , Paris, 1944, no. 28, illustrated n.p. (as dating from circa 1875) Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre , Paris, 1946, vol. II, no. 339, illustrated p. 179 (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions) Robert Rey, Degas , Paris, 1952, illustrated pl. 22 (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions) Pierre Cabanne, Edgar Degas , Paris, 1957, no. 58, illustrated p. 111 Rosamonde Bernier, 'Dans la lumière impressionniste', in L'Oeil, May 1959, no. 53, illustrated p. 40 Agathe Rouart-Valéry, 'Degas in the Circle of Paul Valéry', in Art News , November 1960, vol. LIX, no. 7, illustrated pp. 38 & 62 Jean Sutherland Boggs, Portraits by Degas , Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1962, mentioned p. 93, note 18 'The Great Ones All Painted Us', in Life , 10th May 1963, illustrated in colour n.p. Franco Russoli & Fiorella Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas , Milan, 1970, no. 371, illustrated p. 104 (catalogued as oil on canvas and with inverted dimensions)