Devant le tableau de M. Manet... (In Front of the Painting by Mr. Manet...), plate 9 from Croquis pris au Salon par Daumier (Salon Sketches, by Daumier)
Honoré Daumier, Devant le tableau de M. Manet... (In Front of the Painting by Mr. Manet...), plate 9 from Croquis pris au Salon par Daumier (Salon Sketches, by Daumier), 1865, lithograph on newsprint, Gift of Lisa Andrus, public domain, 91.87.2
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- Title
Devant le tableau de M. Manet... (In Front of the Painting by Mr. Manet...), plate 9 from Croquis pris au Salon par Daumier (Salon Sketches, by Daumier)
- Related Titles
original language: Devant le tableau de M. Manet
series (original language): Croquis pris au Salon par Daumier
series (translated): Salon Sketches, by Daumier
translated: In Front of the Painting by Mr. Manet...
- Artist
- Related People
print publisher: Destouches (French, active 19th century)
- Date
1865
- Medium
lithograph on newsprint
- State
2nd state
- Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 3446
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 9 in x 7 5/16 in; sheet: 11 1/4 in x 10 5/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 48 [encircled in triganle] / 3446, graphite [in another hand], bottom left
title; inscription: DEVANT LE TABLEAU DE M. MANET // _Pour quoi diable cette grosse femme rout en chemise s'appelle-t-elle OLYMPIA? // _Mais mon ami c'est peut être la chatte noire qui s'appelle comme ça?, printed, bottom middle Language: French
inscription: Lith. Destouches, 23, r. Paradis Pre [re as superscript], printed, lower right Language: French
inscription: Moz [oz as superscript] Martinet, 172 , r.Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne, printed, lower left Language: French
numbered: 19, printed, lower right, in stone
signature: HD, printed, lower left, in stone
numbered: 9, printed, upper right
title: CROQUIS PRIS AU SALON par DAUMIER, printed, upper middle Language: French
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Gift of Lisa Andrus
- Accession Number
91.87.2
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
In Front of a Painting by Mr. Manet !T!—Why the devil is this fat, red-faced woman in her nightdress !T!called Olympia? !T!—But my dear, perhaps that’s the name of the black cat? !T!Published June 19, 1865, in Le Charivari
When Édouard Manet exhibited his painting Olympia at the Salon of 1865, it caused a tremendous scandal. The painting depicts a nude courtesan reposing on a divan, accompanied by a maid and a spry black cat. Critics denounced the painting as immoral, but Daumier's onlookers seem more befuddled than offended.
- Exhibitions
2013 In the Studio: Reflections on Artistic Life Portland Art Museum
