LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (height) by 22.05 in. (56.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

by Messrs. Durand-Ruel & Sons of Paris, 1905, no. 93 Vienna, Galerie Miethke, Manet-Monet, 1910, no. 3 Berlin, Galerie Matthiesen, Edouard Manet, 1928, no. 73, illustrated in the catalogue Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten, 1930, no. 215 Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Manet, 1932, no. 81 Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition de cent ans de théâtre, music-hall et cirque, 1936, no. 62 Paris, Palais National des Arts, Chefs d'œuvre de l'art français, 1937, no. 362 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, 1938, no. 159, illustrated in the catalogue Paris, Galerie Bignou, La Peinture française au Musée Municipal d'Amsterdam, 1950, no. 8, illustrated in the catalogue Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum & Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Van Gogh's grote Tijdgenooten, 1953, no. 28, illustrated in the catalogue Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle, Beginn und Reife, 1956, no. 166, illustrated in the catalogue Marseille, Musée Cantini, Manet, 1961, no. 37, illustrated in the catalogue Humblebaek, Louisiana Museet, Stedelijk Museum besöger Louisiana, 1961, no. 50 Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Stedelijk Museum besöker Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1961-62, no. 73 (as dating from 1882) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art & Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Edouard Manet, 1966-67, no. 177, illustrated in the catalogue Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet, 1983, no. 212, illustrated in color in the catalogue London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, The Hidden Face of Manet: An Investigation of the Artist's Working Process, 1986, no. 60, illustrated in color in the catalogue Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Manet, 1996, no. 87, illustrated in color in the catalogue Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Display with Permanent Collection, 1997-99 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 1999-2000 (on loan) London, The National Gallery; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum & Williamstown, Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890, 2000-01, no. 55, illustrated in color in the catalogue Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 2001-02 (on loan) Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Paris-Barcelona, 2002 Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Edouard Manet und die Impressionisten, 2002-03, no. 76, illustrated in color in the catalogue London, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery & Munich, Neue Pinakothek, Manet Face to Face, 2004-05, no. 5, illustrated in color in the catalogue Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Impressionist Interiors, 2008, no. 2, illustrated in color in the catalogue Tokyo, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Manet et le Paris moderne, 2010; no. III-62, illustrated in color in the catalogue Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Manet inventeur du Moderne, 2011, no. 156, illustrated in color in the catalogue Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, Les Impressionnistes en privé. Cent chefs-d’œuvre de collections particulières, 2014, no. 14, illustrated in color in the catalogue London, The National Gallery, Inventing Impressionism: Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market, 2015, no. 27, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Théodore Duret, Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son œuvre avec un catalogue des peintures et des pastels, Paris, 1902, no. 294, catalogued p. 268 Les modes à travers trois siècles (exhibition catalogue), Les Palais du Domaine de Bagatelle, France, 1911, illustrated p. 34 Julius Meier-Graefe, Edouard Manet, Munich, 1912, no. 165, illustrated p. 279 Théodore Duret, Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son œuvre avec un catalogue des peintures et des pastels, Paris, 1919, no. 294 Jacques-Emile Blanche, Manet, Paris, 1924, illustrated pl. 37 (as dating from 1882) L'Amour de l'Art, 1925, p. 178 Etienne Moreau-Nélaton, Manet raconté par lui-même, Paris, 1926, vol. II, illustrated fig. 304 (titled Le Bar and as dating from 1882) Adolphe Tabarant, Manet, Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, no. 370 René Huyghe, ‘Manet, Peintre’, in L'Amour de l'Art, May 1932, fig. 82, illustrated p. 183 Paul Jamot & Georges Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, vol. I, no. 466, catalogued p. 175; vol. II, fig. 279, illustrated p. 142 Robert Rey, Manet, London & Toronto, 1938, illustrated p. 92 Gotthard Jedlicka, Edouard Manet, Zurich, 1941, illustrated opposite p. 314; detail illustrated opposite p. 315 Raymond Mortimer, Edouard Manet, Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère, London, 1944, illustrated p. 7 Michel Florisoone, Manet, Monaco, 1947, illustrated p. 93 Adolphe Tabarant, Manet et ses œuvres, Paris, 1947, no. 397, illustrated p. 615 Hans Jantzen, ‘Edouard Manet's "Bar aux Folies-Bergère", in Essays in Honor of Georg Swarzenski, Chicago & Berlin, 1951, discussed pp. 228-232 Samuel Lane Faison, Jr., Edouard Manet, New York, 1953, mentioned p. 22 Douglas Cooper, The Courtauld Collection of Paintings, London, 1954, mentioned p. 102 Günter Busch, Edouard Manet: Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère, Stuttgart, 1956, no. 10, illustrated John Richardson, Edouard Manet. Paintings and Drawings, London & New York, 1958, mentioned p. 131 Pierre Courthion, Edouard Manet, London, 1962, no. 53, illustrated p. 37 Sandra Orienti & Marcello Venturi, L'opera pittorica di Edouard Manet, Milan, 1967, no. 357B, illustrated p. 117 Denis Rouart & Sandra Orienti, Tout l'œuvre peint d'Edouard Manet, Paris, 1970, no. 361B, illustrated p. 117 Stedelijk Museum (ed.), Catalogus Schilderijen, tekeningen, assemblag plastiek, Amsterdam, 1970, vol. 1, listed under no. 436 Germain Bazin, Edouard Manet, Milan, 1972, illustrated in color p. 68 Karl Hermann Usener, ‘Edouard Manet und die Vie Moderne’, lecture delivered on 14th December 1959, published in Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. 19, 1974, no. 21, illustrated p. 28 Denis Rouart & Daniel Wildenstein, Edouard Manet, Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne & Paris, 1975, vol. I, no. 387, illustrated p. 287 Juliet Wilson-Bareau, ‘Cafés-concerts and the Folies-Bergère’ in ‘The Hidden Face of Manet’, Burlington Magazine, April 1986, illustrated pl. 8, illustrated figs. 101, 102 (positive print from a composite X-radiograph) Kathleen Adler, Manet, Oxford, 1986, no. 219, illustrated p. 225 Dennis Farr et al., Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection, New Haven & London, 1987, illustrated p. 30 Stedelijk Museum (ed.), Uit de Collectie, Amsterdam, 1989, illustrated in color p. 68 T. J. Clark, The Painting of Modern Life, London, 1990, pp. 251-252, illustrated in color pl. XXVI Eric Darragon, Manet, Paris, 1991, p. 334, illustrated in color pl. 250 Juliet Wilson-Bareau (ed.), Manet by Himself, London, 1991, no. 227, illustrated in color p. 289 Lesley Stevenson, Manet, New York, 1992, illustrated in color p. 171 Vivien Perutz, Edouard Manet, London, 1993, illustrated p. 202 Stephen F. Eisenman, Nineteenth Century Art, A Critical History, London, 1994, mentioned p. 253 Hajo Düchting, Edouard Manet, Images of Parisian Life, Munich & New York, 1995, illustrated in color p. 111 Ruth E. Iskin, ‘Selling, Seduction, and Soliciting the Eye: Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergère’, in The Art Bulletin, March 1995, vol. LXXVII, no. 20, illustrated p. 42 Hans Körner, Edouard Manet. Dandy, Flaneur, Maler, Munich, 1996, no. 171, illustrated p. 199 Alan Krell, Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life, London, 1996, no. 178, illustrated in color p. 191 Bradford R. Collins (ed.), 12 Views of Manet's Bar, Princeton, 1996, fig. 1, illustrated Manet en el Prado (exhibition catalogue), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2003-04, fig. 160, illustrated in color p. 334

Provenance:

Suzanne Manet, Paris (the artist’s widow, estate of the artist; inventory no. 92) Edmond Bazire, Paris (a gift from the above in 1885) Martin & Camentron, Paris Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above in January 1893) Dr Hermann Eissler, Vienna (acquired from the above in December 1912) Dr Gottfried Eissler, Vienna (brother of the above) Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (on consignment from the estate of the above) Franz Koenigs, Haarlem (acquired from the above in 1928; placed on loan to Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam by 1930) Private Collection (by descent from the above; painting remained on loan to Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam until 1993. Sold: Sotheby’s, London, 28th June 1994, lot 10) Private Collection, Great Britain (purchased at the above sale) Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited (possibly) New York, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paintings by Edouard Manet, 1895 (titled Le Bar) Brussels, La Libre Esthétique, Exposition des peintres impressionnistes, 1904, no. 90 London, Grafton Galleries, Pictures by Boudin, Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley