ÉDOUARD MANET Le Guitarrero (ou Le Chanteur Espagnol).
Etching and roulette on cream laid Japan paper, 1861-62. 298x245 mm; 11 3/4x9 5/8 inches, full margins. Fifth state (of 6). Edition of 50. Published by Cadart, Paris. From Édouard Manet: Eaux-fortes. A superb, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts.
Based on Manet's (1832-1883) same-titled oil painting, 1861, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. When first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1861, it heralded the artist's first major critical success, and prompted this etched version of the subject. Guérin 16; Harris 12.
