Study for Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
Maker
1832-1883
Title
Study for Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
Date of Production
1863
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 89.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 116.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 116.5 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1932.SC.232
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This is Manet’s second version of a controversial composition he showed at an exhibition of works rejected by the official Paris Salon. It reworked the theme of a Renaissance painting he had seen in the musée du Louvre, which represented beautiful female nudes listening to male musicians. Manet’s painting was shocking because his pastoral idyll made deliberate references to contemporary life. The men wore modern clothing, and the naked woman was considered ugly. As such, it seemed to mock academic ‘high’ art.
Provenance
Given by the artist to Commandant Lejosne, Paris; Lejosne faily, Maisons-Lafitte, until 1924; Galerie Druet, Paris; The Independent Gallery, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, June 1928; Courtauld Gift,1932.
Exhibition History
Manet/Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 24/09/2023-07/01/2024
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Skins, The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 22/04/2017-13/08/2017
Manet (1832-1883) and Venice, Palazzo Ducale & Venice & Italy, 24/04/2013-01/09/2013
Manet - Portraying Life, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 26/01/2013-14/04/2013
The Imaginary Museum (Centenary Exhibition), Pushkin Museum & Moscow & Russia, 27/04/2012-29/07/2012
Part of general displays, Los Angeles & California & USA, 15/04/2004-06/10/2004
Edouard Manet, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 28/07/2001-10/12/2001
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Skins, The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 22/04/2017-13/08/2017
Manet (1832-1883) and Venice, Palazzo Ducale & Venice & Italy, 24/04/2013-01/09/2013
Manet - Portraying Life, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 26/01/2013-14/04/2013
The Imaginary Museum (Centenary Exhibition), Pushkin Museum & Moscow & Russia, 27/04/2012-29/07/2012
Part of general displays, Los Angeles & California & USA, 15/04/2004-06/10/2004
Edouard Manet, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 28/07/2001-10/12/2001
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom left & recto : : Manet
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