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Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
Printed by Henri-Charles Guérard (French, 1846–1897)
The Boy with Soap Bubbles, 1868–69
Etching
A painter by training, Édouard Manet turned to professional printers for help making prints. Guérard assisted Manet in the years between 1866 and 1870 and was allowed to keep several rare proofs as thanks for his help. This impression is inscribed tiré par Guérard, or "pulled by Guérard," in the printmaker's hand. The print copies in a very loose way a painting of the same subject, and in this respect follows the artist's interpretative attitude toward reproduction, as seen in his etching after Velásquez's Philip IV. |