Edouard Manet
Ball at the opera
187359 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
Other works by Edouard Manet
The Tragic Actor (Rouvière as Hamlet)
1865-66
1865-66
The Ragpicker
c. 1865-70
c. 1865-70
Tarring the Boat
1873
1873
Portrait of a lady
c. 1879
c. 1879
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Faure
1882-83
1882-83