Lot 8: EDOUARD MANET | Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère

oil on canvas

47 by 56cm.

oil on canvas

The canvas is lined. Apart from a thin diagonal line of retouching in the lower right corner, a small vertical line of retouching near the centre of the left edge, and a few small spots of retouching in the jacket of the figure in the lower right, in the upper right corner, to the left of the central figure and on the upper edge, visible under ultra-violet light, this work is in good condition. Colours: In comparison to the printed catalogue illustration, the colours are overall crisper and less warm in the original. The whites are cleaner and the blue and green tones are more pronounced in the original.
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(possibly) New York, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paintings by Edouard Manet, 1895 (titled Le Bar)

Brussels, La Libre Esthétique, Exposition des peintres impressionnistes, 1904, no. 90

London, Grafton Galleries, Pictures by Boudin, Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley Exhibited by Messrs. Durand-Ruel & Sons of Paris, 1905, no. 93

Vienna, Galerie Miethke, Manet-Monet, 1910, no. 3

Berlin, Galerie Matthiesen, Edouard Manet, 1928, no. 73, illustrated in the catalogue

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten, 1930, no. 215

Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Manet, 1932, no. 81

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition de cent ans de théâtre, music-hall et cirque, 1936, no. 62

Paris, Palais National des Arts, Chefs d'œuvre de l'art français, 1937, no. 362

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, 1938, no. 159, illustrated in the catalogue

Paris, Galerie Bignou, La Peinture française au Musée Municipal d'Amsterdam, 1950, no. 8, illustrated in the catalogue

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum & Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Van Gogh's grote Tijdgenooten, 1953, no. 28, illustrated in the catalogue

Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle, Beginn und Reife, 1956, no. 166, illustrated in the catalogue

Marseille, Musée Cantini, Manet, 1961, no. 37, illustrated in the catalogue

Humblebaek, Louisiana Museet, Stedelijk Museum besöger Louisiana, 1961, no. 50

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Stedelijk Museum besöker Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1961-62, no. 73 (as dating from 1882)

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art & Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Edouard Manet, 1966-67, no. 177, illustrated in the catalogue

Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet, 1983, no. 212, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, The Hidden Face of Manet: An Investigation of the Artist's Working Process, 1986, no. 60, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Manet, 1996, no. 87, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Display with Permanent Collection, 1997-99

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 1999-2000 (on loan)

London, The National Gallery; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum & Williamstown, Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890, 2000-01, no. 55, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 2001-02 (on loan)

Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Paris-Barcelona, 2002

Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Edouard Manet und die Impressionisten, 2002-03, no. 76, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

London, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery & Munich, Neue Pinakothek, Manet Face to Face, 2004-05, no. 5, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Impressionist Interiors, 2008, no. 2, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Tokyo, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Manet et le Paris moderne, 2010; no. III-62, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Manet inventeur du Moderne, 2011, no. 156, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, Les Impressionnistes en privé. Cent chefs-d’œuvre de collections particulières, 2014, no. 14, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

London, The National Gallery, Inventing Impressionism: Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market, 2015, no. 27, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Théodore Duret, Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son œuvre avec un catalogue des peintures et des pastels, Paris, 1902, no. 294, catalogued p. 268

Les modes à travers trois siècles (exhibition catalogue), Les Palais du Domaine de Bagatelle, France, 1911, illustrated p. 34

Julius Meier-Graefe, Edouard Manet, Munich, 1912, no. 165, illustrated p. 279

Théodore Duret, Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son œuvre avec un catalogue des peintures et des pastels, Paris, 1919, no. 294

Jacques-Emile Blanche, Manet, Paris, 1924, illustrated pl. 37 (as dating from 1882)

L'Amour de l'Art, 1925, p. 178

Etienne Moreau-Nélaton, Manet raconté par lui-même, Paris, 1926, vol. II, illustrated fig. 304 (titled Le Bar and as dating from 1882)

Adolphe Tabarant, Manet, Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, no. 370

René Huyghe, ‘Manet, Peintre’, in L'Amour de l'Art, May 1932, fig. 82, illustrated p. 183

Paul Jamot & Georges Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, vol. I, no. 466, catalogued p. 175; vol. II, fig. 279, illustrated p. 142

Robert Rey, Manet, London & Toronto, 1938, illustrated p. 92

Gotthard Jedlicka, Edouard Manet, Zurich, 1941, illustrated opposite p. 314; detail illustrated opposite p. 315

Raymond Mortimer, Edouard Manet, Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère, London, 1944, illustrated p. 7

Michel Florisoone, Manet, Monaco, 1947, illustrated p. 93

Adolphe Tabarant, Manet et ses œuvres, Paris, 1947, no. 397, illustrated p. 615

Hans Jantzen, ‘Edouard Manet's "Bar aux Folies-Bergère", in Essays in Honor of Georg Swarzenski, Chicago & Berlin, 1951, discussed pp. 228-232

Samuel Lane Faison, Jr., Edouard Manet, New York, 1953, mentioned p. 22

Douglas Cooper, The Courtauld Collection of Paintings, London, 1954, mentioned p. 102

Günter Busch, Edouard Manet: Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère, Stuttgart, 1956, no. 10, illustrated

John Richardson, Edouard Manet. Paintings and Drawings, London & New York, 1958, mentioned p. 131

Pierre Courthion, Edouard Manet, London, 1962, no. 53, illustrated p. 37

Sandra Orienti & Marcello Venturi, L'opera pittorica di Edouard Manet, Milan, 1967, no. 357B, illustrated p. 117

Denis Rouart & Sandra Orienti, Tout l'œuvre peint d'Edouard Manet, Paris, 1970, no. 361B, illustrated p. 117

Stedelijk Museum (ed.), Catalogus Schilderijen, tekeningen, assemblag plastiek, Amsterdam, 1970, vol. 1, listed under no. 436

Germain Bazin, Edouard Manet, Milan, 1972, illustrated in colour p. 68

Karl Hermann Usener, ‘Edouard Manet und die Vie Moderne’, lecture delivered on 14th December 1959, published in Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. 19, 1974, no. 21, illustrated p. 28

Denis Rouart & Daniel Wildenstein, Edouard Manet, Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne & Paris, 1975, vol. I, no. 387, illustrated p. 287

Juliet Wilson-Bareau, ‘Cafés-concerts and the Folies-Bergère’ in ‘The Hidden Face of Manet’, Burlington Magazine, April 1986, illustrated pl. 8, illustrated figs. 101, 102 (positive print from a composite X-radiograph)

Kathleen Adler, Manet, Oxford, 1986, no. 219, illustrated p. 225

Dennis Farr et al., Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection, New Haven & London, 1987, illustrated p. 30

Stedelijk Museum (ed.), Uit de Collectie, Amsterdam, 1989, illustrated in colour p. 68

T. J. Clark, The Painting of Modern Life, London, 1990, pp. 251-252, illustrated in colour pl. XXVI

Eric Darragon, Manet, Paris, 1991, p. 334, illustrated in colour pl. 250

Juliet Wilson-Bareau (ed.), Manet by Himself, London, 1991, no. 227, illustrated in colour p. 289

Lesley Stevenson, Manet, New York, 1992, illustrated in colour p. 171

Vivien Perutz, Edouard Manet, London, 1993, illustrated p. 202

Stephen F. Eisenman, Nineteenth Century Art, A Critical History, London, 1994, mentioned p. 253

Hajo Düchting, Edouard Manet, Images of Parisian Life, Munich & New York, 1995, illustrated in colour p. 111

Ruth E. Iskin, ‘Selling, Seduction, and Soliciting the Eye: Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergère’, in The Art Bulletin, March 1995, vol. LXXVII, no. 20, illustrated p. 42

Hans Körner, Edouard Manet. Dandy, Flaneur, Maler, Munich, 1996, no. 171, illustrated p. 199

Alan Krell, Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life, London, 1996, no. 178, illustrated in colour p. 191

Bradford R. Collins (ed.), 12 Views of Manet's Bar, Princeton, 1996, fig. 1, illustrated

Manet en el Prado (exhibition catalogue), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2003-04, fig. 160, illustrated in colour p. 334

Suzanne Manet, Paris (the artist’s widow, estate of the artist; inventory no. 92)

Edmond Bazire, Paris (a gift from the above in 1885)

Martin & Camentron, Paris

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above in January 1893)

Dr Hermann Eissler, Vienna (acquired from the above in December 1912)

Dr Gottfried Eissler, Vienna (brother of the above)

Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (on consignment from the estate of the above)

Franz Koenigs, Haarlem (acquired from the above in 1928; placed on loan to Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam by 1930)

Private Collection (by descent from the above; painting remained on loan to Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam until 1993. Sold: Sotheby’s, London, 28th June 1994, lot 10)

Private Collection, Great Britain (purchased at the above sale)

Acquired from the above by the present owner