Edouard Manet
Plums

ArtistFrench, 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
Not on view

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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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