Portrait of Edgar Degas in profile

1886

Not on view

Manzi moved to Paris in the early 1880s to work for the renowned print publishing house Goupil & Cie. A pioneer of photomechanical printmaking, Manzi shared with Edgar Degas an interest in experimentation and innovative reproductive technologies. They worked together on a portfolio of twenty facsimiles of Degas’s drawings in 1898. Manzi also helped Degas to acquire the exceptional collection of prints by Edouard Manet from Philippe Burty’s estate. Among a dozen portraits he made of Degas, this print is dedicated to Paul Arthur Chéramy, a lawyer and collector, who represented Degas at trial in 1887, when he was sued for not finishing a commission.

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Title: Portrait of Edgar Degas in profile
Artist: Michel Manzi (French (born Italy), Naples 1849–1915 Saint-Raphaël)
Sitter: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: 1886
Medium: Color etching with roulette
Dimensions: Plate: 6 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (16.3 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 1/4 in. (39.7 × 28.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2019
Object Number: 2019.262
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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