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Title:A Man on Crutches
Artist:Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Date:1878
Medium:Brush and lithographic ink on transfer paper
Dimensions:10 11/16 x 7 3/4 in. (27.1 x 19.7 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948
Accession Number:48.10.2
Signature: Monogrammed in brush and black ink, lower center: M.
Mme veuve Manet; Hôtel Drouot, Paris(February 4-5, 1884) to Jacob; Anonymous sale(April 24, 1944); Marcel Guiot & Cie (French),Paris; Vendor: Galerie des Quatre Chemins (French)
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. "Exposition des Oeuvres d'Edouard Manet," January 06, 1884 - January 28, 1884.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc. "A Loan Exhibition of Manet, For the Benefit of the New York Infirmary," February 26, 1948 - April 03, 1948.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Édouard Manet, 1832-1883," November 3, 1966–December 11, 1966.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Édouard Manet, 1832-1883," January 13, 1967–February 19, 1967.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "Manet and Modern Paris," December 5, 1982–March 6, 1983.
Paris. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais. "Manet, 1832–1883," April 22–August 1, 1983.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Manet, 1832–1883," September 10–November 27, 1983.
Kunsthalle Mannheim. "Edouard Manet: Augenblicke der Geschichte," October 18, 1992 - January 17, 1993.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 6–April 13, 1997.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 27–April 28, 2003.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," October 20, 2008–January 11, 2009.
R&W II.479; Tabarant 71
Edmond Bazire Manet. Paris, 1884, p. 81, ill.
Emile Zola Exposition des Oeuvres d'Edouard Manet Exh. cat., Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Paris, 1884, cat. no. 174.
Etienne Moreau-Nélaton Manet raconté par lui-même. vol. 2, Paris, 1926, fig. no. 231, p. 46, ill.
A. Tabarant Manet, histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931, cat. no. 71, p. 545.
A. Tabarant Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947, fig. no. 623, pp. 621, 325, ill.
Wildenstein & Co. A Loan Exhibition of Manet, For the Benefit of the New York Infirmary Exh. cat., Wildenstein and Co., New York. New York, 1948, cat. no. 51.
Louise Burroughs "An exhibition of French drawings." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. vol. 7, New York, February 1949, pp. 164-65, ill.
Jacques Mathey Graphisme de Manet, peintures réapparues. vol. 2, Paris, 1963, fig. no. 70, p. 17, ill.
Jacob Bean 100 European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1964, cat. no. 73, fig. no. 73, ill.
"Is Manet Still "Modern"?" Art New Annual. 1966, p. 114.
Anne Coffin Hanson Édouard Manet, 1832-1883 Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art and Art Institute of Chicago. Philadelphia, 1966, cat. no. 143, pp. 156-57, ill.
"Early Impressionist Sales, 1974-1894." Burlington Magazine. vol. 110, June 1968, cat. no. no.154, p. 343.
Alain De Leiris The Drawings of Edouard Manet. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1969, cat. no. 505, pp. 33, 131.
Jacob Bean, Linda Boyer Gillies, Cynthia Lambros, Roseline Bacou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: de David à Picasso 54th Exposition de Cabinet des Dessins Musée du Louvre, 25 octobre 1973–7 janvier 1974. Paris, 1973, cat. no. 57, ill.
Denis Rouart, Daniel Wildenstein Édouard Manet, Catalogue Raisonné: Tome II: Pastels, aquarelles et dessins. Lausanne, Paris, 1975, cat. no. 479, pp. 172-173, ill.
Juliet Wilson Bareau Manet: Dessins, aquarelles, eaux-fortes, lithographies, correspondance. Exh. cat., Galerie Huguette Berès, Paris. Paris, 1978, under no. 14.
Theodore Reff Manet and Modern Paris. Exh. cat., Washington, National Gallery of Art, Dec. 5, 1982-March 6, 1983. Washington, 1982, cat. no. 88, pp. 240-41, ill.
Françoise Cachin, Charles S. Moffett, Michel Melot Manet 1832-1883. Exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. New York, 1983, cat. no. 163, ill.
Christopher Lloyd, Richard Thomson Impressionist Drawings from British Public and Private Collections. Ex. cat., Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 11 March-20 April 1986; Manchester City Art Gallery, 30 April-1 June 1986; and the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, 7 June-13 July 1986. London, 1986, under no. 38, p. 89.
Nicholas Wadley Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing. Laurence King Publishers, London, 1991, fig. no. 4, p. 90, ill.
Manfred Fath, Stefan Germer Edouard Manet, Augenblicke der Geschichte. Exh. cat., Mannheim, Kunsthalle Mannheim. Mannheim, October 18, 1992-January 17, 1993, fig. no. 34, ill.
Louis-Antoine Prat Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Somogy Editions d'Art, Paris, 2011, p. 512.
Simon Kelly, April M. Watson, Yale University Press, Neil McWilliam Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 2013, p. 113, n.10.
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