Double-sided Portrait of Mademoiselle Eva Gonzalès, 1884
Etching and aquatint on both sides of a sheet of laid paperexpand_more
Gift of Eric G. Carlson in memory of Edith Garmezyexpand_more 2009.70.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Henri-Charles Guérard played a significant role in the struggle to liberate original printmaking in the last twenty years of the nineteenth century. He began his career as a painter, but was soon drawn to intaglio. He was a talented etcher and supported himself through his activities as an illustrator and reproductive printmaker. Critics said little about his original work until his first solo exhibition at the Galeries Bernheim-Jeune in 1887 when the extent of his ability was displayed. Guérard was well known in print circles and was the only artist Edouard Manet trusted to print his plates. Guérard was a good friend of Manet’s and married his only student, Eva Gonzalès, in 1879. The proposed print is Guérard’s interpretation of Manet’s famous portrait of Gonzalès.
Details
- Title
- Double-sided Portrait of Mademoiselle Eva Gonzalès
- Artist Life
- 1832 - 1883
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2009.70.1
- Provenance
- Eric G. Carlson, New York; given to MIA, 2009
- Curator Approved
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