Au Bal (At the Ball)

Copyright

Work in the public domain
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Maker


1832-1883

Title

Au Bal (At the Ball)

Date of Production

c. 1877

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 55.7 cm (canvas)
Width: 35.5 cm (canvas)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.233

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display
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Label Text

This rapidly executed sketch was sold with the contents of Édouard Manet’s studio after his death. Although large areas of the canvas have been left unpainted, Manet is able to suggest with only a few brushstrokes of delicate colours the slight turn of the woman’s body and the outline of her dress. Just visible behind the woman is the profile of a second, male, figure. The woman has been identified as Marguerite de Conflans, whose family was close to Manet’s. She posed for him on several occasions.

Provenance

Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Summer Showcase - Unfinished, Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
Impressionist Women, Bowes Museum & Barnard Castle & County Durham & England, 03/06/2006-13/08/2006
Edouard Manet, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 23/09/2001-25/11/2001
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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
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, 12/01/1984-28/02/1984; Kyoto, 03/03/1984-03/04/1984; Osaka, 12/04/1984-08/05/1984; Australia National Gallery, Canberra, 01/06/1984-06/08/1984
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Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Canberra, 1984

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