Edouard Manet
Plums

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Artist Edouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)French, 1832–1883

CultureFrench

Titles

Plums

Datec. 1880

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions7 9/16 × 9 13/16 in. (19.2 × 25 cm)
frame: 13 × 15 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (33 × 39.1 × 7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ann Eden Woodward

Object number79.182

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCollection Pertuiset, Paris, 1888; [purchased at Pertuiset sale, Hôtel Drouot, by Thévenet, Paris, June 6, 1888, no. 7]; acquired from Thévenet by Mr. C.C. Haynes, New York; Caroline C. Haynes; Rev. G.W. Eccles, New York; acquired from him by J.K. Thannhauser, New York, August 31, 1928; [his sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, April 12, 1945, no. 97 (Woochuf)]; private collection, New York; bequeathed by the estate of Ann Eden Woodward to the MFAH, 1979.
Exhibition History"Edouard Manet: The Still Life Paintings," Musée d'Orsay, Paris, October 9, 2000–January 7, 2001; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, January 30–April 22, 2001.

"La Natura della Natura Morta," Galleria d'Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy, November 30, 2001–February 24, 2002.

"Manet," Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, October 7, 2005–February 5, 2006.

"Manet and Modern Beauty," Art Institute of Chicago, May 26–September 8, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto at lower left: "Manet"

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