Lady in a Fur

This is a portrait of a woman who is slightly turned to the side. She has an elegant hairstyle and is wearing a dress or blouse that reveals parts of her shoulders. Surrounding her are gently curved shapes and elements suggesting some kind of plants or flowers. The background is simpler and emphasizes the figure.

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Lady in a Fur
Datec. 1880

Artist Édouard Manet (1832 Paris – 1883 Paris)

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Object typeDrawing
MediumPastel on canvas
Dimensions
55,8 × 45,8 cm
SignatureBez. rechts Mitte: Manet.
Inventory number3867
Location Currently not on display
She gazes self-confidently out of the picture. Her hair has been carefully styled, her fur draped casually over her shoulders. The young woman seems about to go out, were it not for the flimsy blouse barely concealing her breast. Titian and Peter Paul Rubens both painted famous portraits of women clad only in a fur wrap. But Manet’s interpretation is completely different from his famous predecessors. Rather than an elevated or detached image, this appears to be an authentic snapshot of Parisian life at the time. The impression of spontaneity is further heightened by the artist’s chosen medium of pastel. He applied the pastel crayon both roughly and with great delicacy, an impression that is simultaneously sketchy and subtle.

Provenance
Exhibitions

Sammlung Guillemet, Paris.
Auguste Pellerin, Paris.
1910 Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.
1910 Paul Cassirer, Paris.
1911 Durand-Ruel, Paris.
Robert von Mendelssohn, Berlin.
1917 Giulietta von Mendelssohn, Berlin
1942 Ankauf Sammlung Mendelssohn, Berlin

Further Notes

Der Kunstrückgabebeirat hat im Mai 2023 keine Restitution empfohlen, da die Erwerbung nicht auf einer politisch motivierten Verfolgung bzw. Notlage der Verkäuferin Giulietta von Mendelssohn beruht.

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