Degas owned impressions of three different states of this print, an etched translation of the painting that first earned Manet acclaim at the Salon, in 1861. It is a testament to the connoisseurial nature of his collection that it enabled comparison between rare early proofs.
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Title:The Spanish Singer
Artist:Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Date:1861–62
Medium:Etching and bitten tone; second state of seven
Dimensions:plate: 12 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30.8 x 24.4 cm) sheet: 13 7/16 x 10 5/16 in. (34.2 x 26.2 cm)
Classification:Prints
Credit Line:The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession Number:52.608.2
Signature: Signed and dedicated in graphite: l.r.: à mon ami l'abbé Hurel / Ed. Manet
Marking: On verso, stamped in black: l.l. [collector's mark of Loys Delteil (Lugt 773)]
Abbé Hurel (French); Loys Delteil (French); his sale, Hôtel Drouot, June 13–15, 1928, lot 301; Maurice Le Garrec (French); H. Thomas (French)
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.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," May 3–July 25, 1999.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting," March 4–June 29, 2003.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Manet / Degas," September 24, 2023–January 7, 2024.
Jean C. Harris Edouard Manet: Graphic Works, A Definitive Catalogue Raisonné. New York, 1970, cat. no. 12, fig. no. 25, ill.
Jean Leymarie, Michel Melot Les Gravures des impressionnistes: Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cézanne, Sisley. Paris, 1971, cat. no. 12.
Juliet Wilson Bareau Edouard Manet: Das Graphische Werk, Meisterwerke aus der Bibliothèque Nationale und weiterer Sammlungen Exh. cat.,. Ingelheim am Rhein, 1977, cat. no. 13.
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. 11, ill.
Gary Tinterow, Geneviève Lacambre Manet/Velàzquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting. Exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay, Paris, September 16, 2002-January 12, 2003; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 4-June 8, 2003. New Haven, CT, 2002, cat. no. 163, ill.
Stephan Wolohojian, Ashley Dunn Manet/Degas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2023, cat. no. 153, pp. 266, 296, ill.
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