Edouard Manet

Ball at the opera



Edouard Manet - Ball at the opera



Edouard Manet
Ball at the opera
1873
59 x 72.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: Manet
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Mrs. Horace Havemeyer in memory of her mother-in-law, Louisine W. Havemeyer


Literature

Collection catalogues
Diane Kelder, French impressionists, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., New York, 1980, pp. 20-21
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 652


Provenance

Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914), by 1873
Faure sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 April 1878, nr. 40, bought in
Jean-Baptiste Faure until at least 1884
with Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris and New York
sold 16 January 1894 to Henry Osborne Havemeyer (1847-1907), New York
by inheritance to his wife, née Louisine Waldron Elder (1855-1929), New York
by inheritance or gift to Mrs. Horace Havemeyer (née Doris Anna Dick, 1890-1982)
gift 1982 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1982.75.1

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Edouard Manet Tarring the Boat
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1873

Edouard Manet The dead toreador
The dead toreador
1864

Edouard Manet Madame Michel-Lévy
Madame Michel-Lévy
1882

Edouard Manet Still life with melon and peaches
Still life with melon and peaches
c. 1866

Edouard Manet The Ragpicker
The Ragpicker
c. 1865-70