The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
At the Café
1874
(French, 1832–1883)
Image: 26.3 x 33.4 cm (10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.); Sheet: 26.9 x 36 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This image appeared in the Belgian journal L’Europe, which was censored by Parisian police. This impression is the only one known to have been saved before the journal was destroyed.Description
This print by Édouard Manet depicts the Café Guerbois, a gathering place for Impressionist artists in 19th-century Paris. Although best known for his paintings, the artist was an avid printmaker throughout his entire career. Here, he experimented with gillotage—a new technique at the time—to suggest the quick, sketchy lines of drawing, making the image appear as if it had been created quickly and spontaneously.- ?-?Rouart Collection, Paris, France1957(sale, Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, May 17, 1957)1987(sale, Christie's, London, December 2, 1987)1988Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen, Germanyafter 1988-by 2017Klaus J. Jacobs, Zürich2017(sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin, December 1, 2017)after 2017-2019(Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Nashville, TN, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)2019Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH2019-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Guérin, Marcel. L’Oeuvre de Manet. Paris: Floury, 1944. Reproduced: ill. no. 81Harris, Jean C. Edouard Manet: Graphic Works; A Definitive Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Collectors Editions, 1970. Mentioned: pp. 182-83; Reproduced: ill. no. 66Fisher, Jay McKean. The Prints of Edouard Manet. Washington, D.C.: The Foundation, 1985. Mentioned: pp. 106-07; Reproduced: ill no. 63Den Abbel, Paul van and Juliet Wilson-Bareau. “Manet’s ‘Au Café’ in a Banned Brussels Paper.” Burlington Magazine 131, no. 1033 (April 1989) p. 283-88Salsbury, Britany. “Acquisitions 2019: Prints.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 22-23. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 22.
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