In this design for a cover to sheet music, Manet portrays his friend, the Catalan composer and guitarist, Jaime Bosch. The musician dedicated this piece for solo guitar, his "Moorish Lament," to Manet, as indicated by the inscription at upper right. Bosch regularly performed at the musical gatherings hosted by the painter and his wife, the pianist Suzanne Leenhoff. The drawing and resulting print are a testament not only to their relationship, but also to Manet's abiding interest in Spanish culture. The composition recalls "The Spanish Singer" of 1860 (49.58.2), the painting with which Manet successfully made his debut at the Salon of 1861.
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Credit Line:Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2023
Object Number:2023.396
Signature: Inscribed in brush and grey wash upper right: A Ed. Manet; in pen and ink (faded) lower left: EM (artist’s monogram)
Inscription: In brush and grey wash, upper center: PLAINTE MORESQUE; lower left: OP: 85; bottom center: PAR / J. BOSCH; lower right: PRIX: 5
Marking: Stamped lower right (faded): [artist's estate mark (Lugt 880)]
Suzanne Manet, widow of the artist; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4-5 February, 1884, lot 149; Alfred Morel-Fatio (1884-1924), Paris; Hôtel Drouot, 10 June, 1965, lot 151; Private Collection, Paris; Sotheby's, Paris, June 3, 2015, lot 54 (bought-in); Sotheby's, Paris, March 23, 2017, lot 110; Jean-Luc Baroni, London and Paris; Vendor: Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.
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Edmond Bazire Manet. Maison Quantin, Paris, 1884, p. 73, ill.
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"Early Impressionist Sales, 1974-1894." Burlington Magazine. vol. 110, June 1968, cat. no. 149, p. 343.
Alain De Leiris The Drawings of Édouard Manet. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1969, cat. no. 169, pp. 58,106.
Denis Rouart, Daniel Wildenstein Édouard Manet, Catalogue Raisonné: Tome II: Pastels, aquarelles et dessins. Lausanne, Paris, 1975, cat. no. 457, p. 167, ill.
Françoise Cachin, Françoise Cachin, Charles S. Moffett, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Manet, 1832–1883. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1983, pp. 253-4.
Dorothee Hansen, Dorothee Hansen, Kunsthalle Bremen Manet and Astruc: Friendship and Inspiration. Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, Madrid, 2021, p. 180, ill.
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