1865
Edition Size: Unknown
Image Size: 4x3.5 inches
Sheet Size: 13x9 inches
Reference: G. 38, M.N. 16, Leymarie M.56
Signed In Plate
Condition: Excellent
Edouard Manet, French, 1832-1883, Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, etching, 1865. After a photograph by Nadar. Plate signed. Letterpress at bottom “a Peint et Grave par Manet 1865, Imp. A. Salmon”. Image: 4×3.5”. Paper: 13×9”. Fourth state of four, after reduction of the plate. (This is one of my first purchases as a very young collector. It is probably still one of the least expensive pieces of genuine Impressionist art.)
$195.00
It is said the early masterpieces of Edouard Manet marked the start of modern art. He was one of the first artists to paint modern life and played a pivotal part in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. He was born in 1832 in Paris to an affluent and well-connected family. It was envisioned for Edouard to pursue a career in law but his Uncle encouraged Manet to pursue his passion of painting.
