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Head of a Young Woman (Suzanne Manet)

Edouard Manet French

1859–61

Not on view

Suzanne Leenhoff, Manet’s future wife, began to appear frequently as a model in the artist’s work around the time he executed this drawing. He appears to have worked swiftly here, combining long, flowing marks with simple hatching and crosshatching in red chalk. His particular concern for resolving her profile is evident in the redoubling of lines that define its contours. This preoccupation seems to have endured through the following decade, when he rejected Degas’s portrait of Suzanne in profile, on view nearby.

Head of a Young Woman (Suzanne Manet), Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), Red chalk with traces of black chalk, French — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Head of a Young Woman (Suzanne Manet)

Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)

Date: 1859–61

Culture: French

Medium: Red chalk with traces of black chalk

Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 10 1/16 in. (30 × 25.5 cm)

Classification: Drawings

Credit Line: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris (RESERVE DC-300 [D,1]-BOITE ECU)

Object Number: MD.180

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