Oct 26, 2011 - Sale 2258

Sale 2258 - Lot 227

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
EDOUARD MANET
Olympia (grande planche).

Etching printed in dark, brownish-black on ivory laid paper, 1867. 163x242 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.