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| Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914) |
Artist:Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Date:1882–83
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:18 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (46 x 37.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Ralph J. Hines, 1959
Painted in the winter of 1882–83, this study of the baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure was one of three executed in preparation for a portrait left unfinished when Manet died a few months later. Earlier, Manet had painted a full-length portrait of the singer in the role of Hamlet (Folkwang Museum, Essen), which drew adverse criticism when it was shown in the Salon of 1877; Faure, who owned many paintings by Manet, refused to accept it.
Provenance
the sitter, Paris (1883–d. 1914; gift of Léon Leenhoff to Faure June 21 or 29, 1883); his son, Maurice Faure, Paris (1914–d. 1915); his wife, Madame Maurice Faure, Paris (1915–at least 1924); her children, Jean and Pierre Faure, Paris (probably until 1928); [Georges Bernheim, Paris, probably from 1928]; Sacha Guitry, Paris (by 1931–51; sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, May 23, 1951, no. 3); [Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, until 1959]; Mrs. Ralph J. Hines, New York (1959; life interest, 1959–d. 1961)
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