Physical Qualities
Color crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 556 x 362 mm. (21 7/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
Image: 472 x 310 mm. (18 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.18056
Based on Manet's painting, Polichinelle, 1873 (Rouart and Wildenstein 213). Printed in seven colors. Although this impression is the fourth state, Fisher states that "the colors seem closer to the third state edition of twenty-five printed on a japon paper that more effectively suggested the subtle washes of a watercolor. It is possible that the Lucas impression was a special proof from this edition since Manet selected it for a dedication to an Ed. Judeau."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, "Commedia dell'Arte," Oct. 1 - Nov. 2, 1960.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Nov. 3 - 24, 1968.
"The Color Revolution, Color Lithography in France 1890-1900" org. by Rutgers University Art Gallery, BMA November 10 - December 31, 1978, cat. # 199, fig. 6.
Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, "The Color Revolution...," Sept. 9 - Oct. 29, 1978.
BMA, "The Prints of Edouard Manet: A Centenary Celebration," 27 September - 20 November, 1983.
Jay McKean Fisher, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., "The Prints of Edouard Manet," May 1985 - June 1986, cat. no. 11, p. 43-44, ill. p. 43; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art, May 14 - June 30, 1985; University Art Museum, Berkeley, Sept. 18 - Nov. 3; The St. Louis Art Museum, Nov. 23, 1985 - Jan. 5, 1986; Huntsville Museum of Art; Worcester Art Museum, Jan. 25 - Mar. 9, 1986; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Mar. 29 - May 11, 1986.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Nov. 3 - 24, 1968.
"The Color Revolution, Color Lithography in France 1890-1900" org. by Rutgers University Art Gallery, BMA November 10 - December 31, 1978, cat. # 199, fig. 6.
Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, "The Color Revolution...," Sept. 9 - Oct. 29, 1978.
BMA, "The Prints of Edouard Manet: A Centenary Celebration," 27 September - 20 November, 1983.
Jay McKean Fisher, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., "The Prints of Edouard Manet," May 1985 - June 1986, cat. no. 11, p. 43-44, ill. p. 43; circulated to The Detroit Institute of Art, May 14 - June 30, 1985; University Art Museum, Berkeley, Sept. 18 - Nov. 3; The St. Louis Art Museum, Nov. 23, 1985 - Jan. 5, 1986; Huntsville Museum of Art; Worcester Art Museum, Jan. 25 - Mar. 9, 1986; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Mar. 29 - May 11, 1986.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
Inscribed: Signed and dedicated in ink: bottom right "à Ed. Judeau Polichinelle / E. Manet" Signed in stone: lower right "Manet" Printed inscription: lower center "Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris", "Féroce & rose avec feu dans sa prunell, / Effronté, saoul, divin, c'est lui Polichinell! / Théodore de Banville."
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
