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Charles Baudelaire, Full Face, after Nadar, III

Edouard Manet French

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Following the death of Baudelaire in 1867, Manet designed this etching for publication in a biography and edition of his friend’s collected writings. He based the image on a photograph by Nadar but struggled to achieve a satisfactory translation, abandoning two other plates before this one. Among the rare impressions that Degas acquired from the collection of print connoisseur Philippe Burty was this second-state proof, below which Manet had inscribed the poet’s name in pen and ink.

*This work was in Degas’s collection.

Charles Baudelaire, Full Face, after Nadar, III, Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), Etching with pen and brown ink; second state of four, French

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Charles Baudelaire, Full Face, after Nadar, III, Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), Etching with pen and brown ink; second state of four, French
Charles Baudelaire, Full Face, after Nadar, III, Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), Etching with pen and brown ink; second state of four, French

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