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| Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914) |
Artist:Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Date:1882–83
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (59.1 x 49.5 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, 1950
The noted baritone and collector Jean-Baptiste Faure posed for Manet in the winter of 1882–83. Among the artist's last canvases are this study and another (59.129) that were made in preparation for a portrait left unfinished at the time of Manet's death in April 1883.
Provenance
Manet estate, Paris (1883–84; ?inv., 1884, as "Faure (esquisse)"; sold to Eddy); Arthur Jerome Eddy, Chicago (1884–his d. 1920); his son, Jerome Eddy, Chicago (1920–about 1931; sold to Thomson); [William H. Thomson, Thomson Galleries, Detroit, about 1931–about 1936/37; sold to Weitzner]; [Julius Weitzner, New York, from about 1936/37–at least 1944]; Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, New York (until 1950)
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