Manet exhibited an impression of this etching at the Salon des Refusés in May 1863. It reproduces Lola de Valence, on view in the next gallery, preserving the neutral background of the painting as it initially appeared. Later that year, he published the work as part of Eaux-fortes modernes (Modern Etchings), a series distributed to subscribers by the Société des Aquafortistes (Society of Etchers). Manet was a founding member of the group, which was established in 1862 by the art dealer and publisher Alfred Cadart in collaboration with the printer Auguste Delâtre to further interest in etching among artists, critics, collectors, and the general public.
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Title:Lola de Valence
Artist:Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Publisher:Cadart & Luquet (French, active 1863–67)
Printer:Auguste Delâtre (French, Paris 1822–1907 Paris)
Date:1863
Medium:Etching and aquatint with roulette; sixth state of eight
Dimensions:plate: 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (26.4 x 18.1 cm) sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 5/8in. (39.5 x 29.5cm)
Classification:Prints
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1918
Object Number:18.88.28
Signature: Signed lower left in plate: éd Manet
Inscription: Paris, Publié par A. CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richlieu Entre tant de beautés que partout on peut voir Je comprends bien, amis, que le Désir balance; Mais on voit scintiller dans Lola de Valence Le charme inattendu d'un bijou rose et noir (Ch. Baudelaire) Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris
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. "Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting," March 4–June 29, 2003.
Palmer Museum of Art. "Manet and Friends: An Exhibition of Prints Organized in Memory of George Mauner," January 15, 2008–April 6, 2008.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Manet / Degas," September 24, 2023–January 7, 2024.
Etienne Moreau-Nélaton Manet graveur et lithographe. Paris, 1906.
Marcel Guérin L'Oeuvre gravé de Manet.. Paris, 1944.
Jean C. Harris Edouard Manet: Graphic Works, A Definitive Catalogue Raisonné. New York, 1970.
Jean Leymarie, Michel Melot Les Gravures des impressionnistes: Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cézanne, Sisley. Paris, 1971.
Juliet Wilson Bareau Edouard Manet: Das Graphische Werk, Meisterwerke aus der Bibliothèque Nationale und weiterer Sammlungen Exh. cat.,. Ingelheim am Rhein, 1977.
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.
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.
Patrick J. McGrady, Nancy Locke Manet and Friends: An Exhibition of Prints Organized in Memory of George Mauner. Exh. cat., Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA. University Park, PA, 2008, no. 8, ill. p. 8, fig. 8.
Kathryn Kremnitzer "Manet Across Media: Looking at 'Lola de Valence'" Materia Journal. no. 2, February 2022.
Stephan Wolohojian, Ashley Dunn Manet/Degas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2023.
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