Mar 02, 2017 - Sale 2437

Sale 2437 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 1,690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ÉDOUARD MANET
Olympia (grande planche).

Etching printed in dark, brownish-black, 1867. 161x242 mm; 6 3/8x9 1/2 inches, full margins. Fourth state (of 4). A superb, richly-inked impression.

According to Harris, this print was the first version made after the infamous painting of 1863, not the smaller etching which was included in Zola's pamphlet. The composition and proportions of the present work resemble the painting more closely than the smaller version. Guérin 40; Harris 52.