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Édouard Manet — Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla)
Édouard Manet

Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla)

1868

Exotic Flower is an original composition, not based on a painting. A model for the etching is found among the Caprichos of Goya; unlike Goya, Manet visually isolated his figure, choosing not to provide a context for it.

Medium
Etching and aquatint in brown on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
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Museum · Art Institute of Chicago

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Édouard Manet, Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla), 1868

Exotic Flower is an original composition, not based on a painting. A model for the etching is found among the Caprichos of Goya; unlike Goya, Manet visually isolated his figure, choosing not to provide a context for it.

Medium
Etching and aquatint in brown on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
16.2 x 10.6 cm
Year
1868
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Print, Brown, Monochrome, French, Small Scale, Exotic, Brown Tones, Female Figure, Works on Paper, Portrait, Etching and Aquatint, Elegant, Realism, Modern, 1868, Fashion, Woman, Romantic

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art