Oct 29, 2019 - Sale 2522

Sale 2522 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ÉDOUARD MANET
Le Guitarero (ou Le Chanteur Espagnol).

Etching and roulette printed in black on cream laid paper, 1861-62. 298x245 mm; 11 3/4x9 5/8 inches, wide margins. Fifth state (of 6). Printed by Delâtre, Paris. From L'Artiste. A superb, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts.

Based on Manet's same-titled painting, 1861, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. When it was first exhibited in 1861 at the Paris Salon, it brought him his first major critical success, which created a demand for the etched version. Guérin 16; Harris 12.