BIB_ID
338134
Accession number
MA 3950 Ledger
Creator
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
Display Date
Paris, France, after 1878 May 1-1883 May 3.
Description
1 item (about 63 pages), bound ; 30.0 cm
Notes
The ledger was begun by Manet working from one side of the volume; the ledger was then flipped and the signatures at the funeral start from the other side.
Provenance
Purchased from Librairie G. Morssen, 24 July 1975. Whether this was purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, as other Manet materials in the Morgan's collection purchased around this time were, is so far undetermined (7/2022). See Collection File for acquisition correspondence.
Summary
Contains: 1) several drafts, in Manet's hand, of a response to an exhibition held at the Palais des Champs-Élysées from September 15 to October 31 of works created by French and foreign artists since May 1, 1878 -- artists referenced by Manet include [William Adolphe] Bouguereau, [Jules] Lefebvre, [Alexandre] Cabanel, and [Jean-Léon] Gérôme; 2) numerous calculations, lists of figures, and accounts, including those related to land owned by the Manet family; 3) several pages of text and figures regarding a lottery; 4) a list, in pencil and crossed out, of friends and colleagues, including Théodore Duret, Antonin Proust, and Émile Zola; and 5) eight pages of signatures of the attendees at Manet's funeral on May 3, 1883 -- individuals whose signatures are present include Stéphane Mallarmé, Camille Pissarro, Nadar, Auguste Renoir, and many others.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (32.2 cm)
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