Le Fumeur (First Plate)

Accession Number
1953/2.26

Title
Le Fumeur (First Plate)

Artist(s)
Édouard Manet

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1866

Medium & Support
etching and drypoint on paper

Dimensions
9 7/16 in x 6 1/8 in (23.97 cm x 15.56 cm);9 7/16 in x 6 1/8 in (23.97 cm x 15.56 cm);19 in x 14 in (48.26 cm x 35.56 cm);16 7/8 in x 12 3/8 in (42.86 cm x 31.43 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
The print reproduces, in reverse, Manet's 1866 painting of the same name, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (http://collections.artsmia.org/art/1689/the-smoker-edouard-manet). Manet also made a second print based on this image, using pure etching without any drypoint. It has been suggested that the "smoker" was Manet's neighbor, Joseph Gall.

Physical Description
A bust-length image of an old man with a full beard smoking a pipe. He holds the pipe with his right hand, and glances to his left. He wears a black short hat and a lighter-colored button-up coat or smock. The background is left blank.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
beards
elderly
hats
men (male humans)
pipe
pipes (smoking equipment)
smocks (protective wear)
smoking (activity)

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