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Heroes & Lovers: Property of a Distinguished Collector
ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Femme au tub
Details
ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Femme au tub
signed 'Manet' (lower right)
pastel on canvas
18 1⁄8 x 22 in. (46.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Drawn circa 1878-1879
Femme au tub
signed 'Manet' (lower right)
pastel on canvas
18 1⁄8 x 22 in. (46.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Drawn circa 1878-1879
Provenance
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (by 1902).
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris and Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin (jointly acquired from the above, 2 February 1911).
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Robinson, United States (acquired from the above through Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 28 April 1915).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 19 May 1927).
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 31 May 1927).
Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin (by February 1928).
Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, Paris and New York (by 1928, until at least September 1941).
Salman Schocken, New York (by 1955, then by descent); sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 29 April 1964, lot 38.
Fergusson collection (acquired at the above sale).
Galerie Schmit, Paris.
Henry and Irina Moore, Much Hadham (acquired from the above, 6 March 1984).
The Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham (bequest from the above); sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1996, lot 17.
Jan Krugier and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Geneva (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 February 2014, lot 23.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris and Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin (jointly acquired from the above, 2 February 1911).
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Robinson, United States (acquired from the above through Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 28 April 1915).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 19 May 1927).
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 31 May 1927).
Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin (by February 1928).
Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, Paris and New York (by 1928, until at least September 1941).
Salman Schocken, New York (by 1955, then by descent); sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 29 April 1964, lot 38.
Fergusson collection (acquired at the above sale).
Galerie Schmit, Paris.
Henry and Irina Moore, Much Hadham (acquired from the above, 6 March 1984).
The Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham (bequest from the above); sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1996, lot 17.
Jan Krugier and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Geneva (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 February 2014, lot 23.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
T. Duret, Edouard Manet et son oeuvre, Paris, 1902, no. 65.
C. de Sainte-Croix, "Edouard Manet" in Portraits d'Hier, vol. 1, no. 19, 15 December 1909, p. 26.
L. Hourticq, Edouard Manet, London, 1912, pp. 85-86, pl. XLIII (illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, Edouard Manet, Munich, 1912, p. 271.
E. Moreau-Nélaton, Manet raconté par lui-même, Paris, 1926, vol. II, pp. 68 and 142, fig. 274 (illustrated; dated 1880).
A. Tabarant, Manet: Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, pp. 451-452, no. 8.
P. Jamot and G. Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, vol. I, p. 170, no. 423; vol. II, p. 109, fig. 204 (illustrated).
J. Rewald, Edouard Manet: Pastels, Oxford, 1947, pp. 35 and 58, no. 22 (illustrated; dated 1880).
A. Tabarant, Manet et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1947, pp. 321, 546 and 617, no. 461 (illustrated).
K. Martin, Edouard Manet: Aquarelle und Pastelle, Stuttgart, 1958, no. 17.
M. Venturi and S. Orienti, L'opera pittorica di Edouard Manet, Milan, 1967, p. 107, no. 242 (illustrated).
D. Rouart and D. Wildenstein, Edouard Manet: Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1975, vol. II, pp. 10-11, no. 23 (illustrated).
B. Farwell, Manet and the Nude: A Study in Iconography in the Second Empire, New York, 1981, p. 184, no. 183 (illustrated).
J. Tesso, Edouard Manet's Later Nudes, Ph.D. diss., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1981, pp. ix, 38, 43, 94, 108, 116-119, 121-122, 125-128 and 133, fig. 17 (illustrated).
N. Malterre, Société et vie parisienne dans l'oeuvre de Manet, Ph.D. diss., Université de Paris IV, 1988, pp. 255-256.
J. Newton, ed., Méry Laurent, Manet, Mallarmé et les autres, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, 2005, pp. 14 and 25.
C. de Sainte-Croix, "Edouard Manet" in Portraits d'Hier, vol. 1, no. 19, 15 December 1909, p. 26.
L. Hourticq, Edouard Manet, London, 1912, pp. 85-86, pl. XLIII (illustrated).
J. Meier-Graefe, Edouard Manet, Munich, 1912, p. 271.
E. Moreau-Nélaton, Manet raconté par lui-même, Paris, 1926, vol. II, pp. 68 and 142, fig. 274 (illustrated; dated 1880).
A. Tabarant, Manet: Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, pp. 451-452, no. 8.
P. Jamot and G. Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, vol. I, p. 170, no. 423; vol. II, p. 109, fig. 204 (illustrated).
J. Rewald, Edouard Manet: Pastels, Oxford, 1947, pp. 35 and 58, no. 22 (illustrated; dated 1880).
A. Tabarant, Manet et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1947, pp. 321, 546 and 617, no. 461 (illustrated).
K. Martin, Edouard Manet: Aquarelle und Pastelle, Stuttgart, 1958, no. 17.
M. Venturi and S. Orienti, L'opera pittorica di Edouard Manet, Milan, 1967, p. 107, no. 242 (illustrated).
D. Rouart and D. Wildenstein, Edouard Manet: Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1975, vol. II, pp. 10-11, no. 23 (illustrated).
B. Farwell, Manet and the Nude: A Study in Iconography in the Second Empire, New York, 1981, p. 184, no. 183 (illustrated).
J. Tesso, Edouard Manet's Later Nudes, Ph.D. diss., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1981, pp. ix, 38, 43, 94, 108, 116-119, 121-122, 125-128 and 133, fig. 17 (illustrated).
N. Malterre, Société et vie parisienne dans l'oeuvre de Manet, Ph.D. diss., Université de Paris IV, 1988, pp. 255-256.
J. Newton, ed., Méry Laurent, Manet, Mallarmé et les autres, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, 2005, pp. 14 and 25.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Manet: Trente-cinq tableaux de la collection Pellerin, June 1910, no. 32.
Berlin, Galerie Matthiesen, Edouard Manet, February-March 1928, p. 37, no. 56, pl. LIV (illustrated; dated 1880).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Nude in Painting: A Loan Exhibition, November-December 1956, no. 27 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Lumières sur la peinture: XIXe-XXe siècles, May-July 1983, no. 51 (illustrated).
Leeds City Art Gallery, 1989-1996 (on extended loan).
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire and Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Linie, Licht und Schatten: Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, May 1999-June 2002, pp. 212-213, no. 99 (Berlin, illustrated); pp. 256-257, no. 121 (Venice, illustrated); pp. 286-287, no. 127 (Madrid, illustrated) and pp. 246-247, no. 111 (Geneva and Paris, illustrated).
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Goya bis Picasso: Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, April-August 2005, p. 170, no. 68 (illustrated).
Munich, Kusthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge-Von Rembrandt bis Picasso: Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, July-October 2007, p. 236, no. 110 (illustrated).
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Impressionismus: Wie das Licht auf die Leinwand kam, September 2009-January 2010, pp. 277 and 306, no. 278 (illustrated).
The Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manet and Modern Beauty: The Artist's Last Years, May 2019-January 2020, pp. 200 and 285-286, no. 17 (illustrated).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet/Degas, September 2023-January 2024, pp. 242 and 299, no. 134 (illustrated).
Berlin, Galerie Matthiesen, Edouard Manet, February-March 1928, p. 37, no. 56, pl. LIV (illustrated; dated 1880).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Nude in Painting: A Loan Exhibition, November-December 1956, no. 27 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Lumières sur la peinture: XIXe-XXe siècles, May-July 1983, no. 51 (illustrated).
Leeds City Art Gallery, 1989-1996 (on extended loan).
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire and Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Linie, Licht und Schatten: Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, May 1999-June 2002, pp. 212-213, no. 99 (Berlin, illustrated); pp. 256-257, no. 121 (Venice, illustrated); pp. 286-287, no. 127 (Madrid, illustrated) and pp. 246-247, no. 111 (Geneva and Paris, illustrated).
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Goya bis Picasso: Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, April-August 2005, p. 170, no. 68 (illustrated).
Munich, Kusthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge-Von Rembrandt bis Picasso: Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, July-October 2007, p. 236, no. 110 (illustrated).
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Impressionismus: Wie das Licht auf die Leinwand kam, September 2009-January 2010, pp. 277 and 306, no. 278 (illustrated).
The Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manet and Modern Beauty: The Artist's Last Years, May 2019-January 2020, pp. 200 and 285-286, no. 17 (illustrated).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet/Degas, September 2023-January 2024, pp. 242 and 299, no. 134 (illustrated).
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