Manet, Edouard, Original Etching, Framed Berthe Morisot Start Price USD 2,750.00 Current Price USD 2,750.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 End Time Friday, July 18, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Manet, Edouard, Original Etching, Framed Berthe Morisot' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: Berthe Morisot Artist: Manet, Edouard Medium: Original Etching Image Size: 4 5/8 in x 3 in (11.8 cm x 7.6 cm) Sheet Size: 21 1/2 in x 14 3/4 in (54.61 cm x 37.47 cm) Framed Size: 27 1/2 in x 23 3/4 in (69.85 cm x 60.33 cm) Signature: Unsigned Edition: 2nd State impression before cancellation Condition: This work is in great condition, a fine dark black impression with inky plate edges    Description:Jean C. Harris stated of this work, "…this etching comes from the oil portrait of Morisot of 1872, but is smaller in scale and the image is reversed as compared with that in the oil. In the etching, Manet rejects to some extent the varied vocabulary of strokes which he used in The Boy with Soap Bubbles of 1869 in favor of a more simplified rendering with long, uniformly fine, vertical lines…Many wispy shapes, the ribbons and the hair, break the simple contour. Yet these lines do not function as independent calligraphic accents, but retain their functions as delineators of the characteristic elements of Morisot's appearance" (Harris 216) . This intimate portrait of fellow Impressionist Berthe Morisot depicts the care and skill utilized by Manet in executing this piece. Dressed in a fine hat and clothes characteristic of the time period, Morisot's expression appears confident and pleased to be seated on the other side of the easel. Created in 1872, this original etching is printed on laid paper and is from the 2nd state of 3 unsigned prints created between 1890 and 1912. There have been 3 published editions of this 2nd state print: the 1890 Gennevilliers, 1894 Dumont, and 1905 Strölin edition. There have been no known reprints since 1912. Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work) :1) Harris, Jean C., Edouard Manet: The Graphic Work, 1990, listed as cat no 75 on pgs 216 and 217. About the Framing:Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is set in a delicate, Art Nouveau inspired frame. The warm, bronzed tone of the moulding accentuates the dark contrasting tones within this work. Sculpturally detailed with carved, linear elements, the frame compliments the loose strokes and etched quality of this piece. 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