Live Auction 12070Impressionist & Modern Art Works on Paper
Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
Lot 1074

Edouard Manet (1832-1883)

Tête de femme

Closed13 May 2016

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Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
Tête de femme
stamped with initials 'E.M.' (Lugt 880; lower right)
sanguine on paper squared for transfer laid down on paper
10 ¾ x 8 7/8 in. (27.1 x 22.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1867

Estate of the artist.
Suzanne Leenhoff (wife of the artist), Paris (by descent from the above).
Galerie de Bayser, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, May 1969.

Specialist note

The present drawing is related to the figure of Mme Manet in the 1868 painting Madame Manet au Piano in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.