Au Bal (At the Ball)
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)
Width: 35.5 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.233
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
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, The 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 ...More
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 ...Less
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 ...More
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 ...Less
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
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Canberra, 1984
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