Édouard Manet
The Smoker I
1865
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 309 x 249 mm. (12 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Plate: 174 x 158 mm. (6 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Image: 152 x 132 mm. (6 x 5 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
1996.48.5151
Based on Manet's painting, The Smoker, 1866 (The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Rouart and Wildenstein 112). According to Fisher, this impression "comes from the 1894 Dumont edition, typically printed on a blue-green laid paper, but this time printed with a black ink, cleanly wiped to suggest the black-and-white contrasts so integral to the design."
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
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, 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.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: upper left "Manet"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
