Théodore de Banville écrivant et fumant la cigarette

Details

EDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Théodore de Banville écrivant et fumant la cigarette
stamped with initials 'E.M.' (Lugt 880; lower right)
gouache, watercolor and pencil on graph paper laid down on paper
7 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (18.5 x 11.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1874

Provenance

Théodore de Banville, Paris (acquired from the artist).
Arthur Meyer, Paris (acquired from the above, by 1921); Estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3-6 June 1924, lot 185.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, France.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

A. Meyer, Mes livres, mes dessins, mes autographes, Paris, 1921, pp. 45-46, no. 172 (titled Portrait de Th. de Banville).
"Annonces et comptes rendus des ventes de Paris, province et étranger," Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, no. 93, 20 August 1924 (titled Portrait de Th. de Banville).

Further details

This work will be included in the forthcoming Edouard Manet digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

Sale room notice

Please note that this gouache, watercolor and pencil on graph paper is laid down on paper.