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The Promenade (Madame Gamby)
- c. 1880-81
- Oil on canvas
- 92.3 x 70.5 cm
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In 1880, Manet, whose health had deteriorated, rented a house in Bellevue on the outskirts of Paris for recuperation. Even while his friends were coming to visit Manet, he worked on oil paintings and created approximately 30 pieces including figures, landscapes and still lifes.
The painting Promenade is one of his works created while he was staying in Bellevue during the summer. In one year after Manet’s death, this painting was sold at an auction and purchased by Jean-Baptiste Faure, a baritone of the Opera who was also a collector of Manet’s works. After subsequently passing through several hands of prominent Western collectors, it is now housed in the collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.
The model for this work is said to be Madame Gamby, who was one of the visitors to Manet during his convalescence. According to Adolphe Tabarant’s Manet et ses oeuvres, Madame Gamby was a friend of a madam who had a close relationship with the Manet’s family. It is said that Madame Gamby was also a relative of the painter Berthe Morisot, Manet’s sister-in-law. The model shows a fashionable style with bangs and black hat adorned with purple flowers. The green garden in the background is painted with touches of brush which are similar to the Impressionist style, but the model’s dress is painted boldly in black which is not seen in the works of other Impressionist painters. Furthermore, his skillful depiction of the lady’s body with light, almost transparent colors while leaving visible brushstrokes emphasizes Manet’s exceptional sense of forms, as well as evoking his modern and urbane sensibilities.
Within this picture composed of the contrast of green and black, the white of the lady’s face and the yellow of her gloves stand out vividly. These are accentuated by the red of her lips and the color of the small red flowers worked into the background with an exquisite sense of balance, which amply demonstrate Manet’s extraordinary sense of color. Rather than just a portrait of a specific woman, what Manet captured in this work can be said as a “feminine beauty” itself that represents Paris.
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ARTIST
Édouard Manet
(1832-1883)
Currently exhibiting
Sep 16, 2023 (Sat)
～Dec 10, 2023 (Sun)
Name of Exhibition :
Permanent Exhibition: From the Renaissance to the 20th Century—500 Years of Western Paintings
Place of Exhibition :
Permanent Exhibition Gallery 3
Exhibit history
- Sep 4, 2022 (Sun)～Nov 3, 2022 (Thu)
The acceptance Édouard Manet in Japan Nerima Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan) - May 26, 2020 (Tue)～Aug 16, 2020 (Sun)
Through the Eyes of René Huyghe: The Splendor of French Paintings — Formation and Transformation of the “Grande Manière” Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts (Osaka, Japan) - Feb 4, 2020 (Tue)～Mar 29, 2020 (Sun)
Through the Eyes of René Huyghe: The Splendor of French Paintings — Formation and Transformation of the “Grande Manière” Kyushu National Museum (Fukuoka, Japan) - Oct 8, 2019 (Tue)～Jan 12, 2020 (Sun)
Manet and Modern Beauty The J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA) - May 26, 2019 (Sun)～Sep 8, 2019 (Sun)
Manet and Modern Beauty The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, USA) - Jan 12, 2019 (Sat)～May 4, 2019 (Sat)
500 Years of Western Paintings: Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Shanghai PowerLong Museum (Shanghai, China) - Oct 23, 2018 (Tue)～Dec 23, 2018 (Sun)
500 Years of Western Paintings: Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tsinghua University Art Museum (Beijing, China) - Oct 8, 2015 (Thu)～Feb 21, 2016 (Sun)
Japan’s Love for Impressionism - from Monet to Renoir The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bonn, Germany) - Mar 11, 2014 (Tue)～May 11, 2014 (Sun)
Impressionists at the Waterside—Depicting Urban Resorts: Paris, the Seine, and Normandy The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan) - Jan 15, 2014 (Wed)～Mar 2, 2014 (Sun)
Impressionists at the Waterside—Depicting Urban Resorts: Paris, the Seine, and Normandy Fukuoka City Museum (Fukuoka, Japan) - Jan 26, 2013 (Sat)～Apr 14, 2013 (Sun)
Manet: Portraying Life Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK) - Oct 7, 2012 (Sun)～Jan 1, 2013 (Tue)
Manet: Portraying Life Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, USA) - Apr 6, 2010 (Tue)～Jul 25, 2010 (Sun)
Manet and Modern Paris Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) - Oct 1, 2000 (Sun)～Dec 3, 2000 (Sun)
Masterpieces of Western Paintings from the Renaissance to the 20th Century National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei, Taiwan) - Jun 24, 1995 (Sat)～Sep 3, 1995 (Sun)
French Impressionism: Symphony of Light and Color Santillana Foundation (Santillana, Spain) - Sep 21, 1994 (Wed)～Nov 6, 1994 (Sun)
Impressionism The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma (Gunma, Japan) - Oct 16, 1992 (Fri)～Nov 5, 1992 (Thu)
Masterpieces of European Oil Painting: The Paintings in 20th Century from the Renaissance to Impressionism China Art Gallery (Beijing, China) - Nov 3, 1990 (Sat)～Dec 2, 1990 (Sun)
Masterpieces of European Oil Painting Ho-Am Art Museum (Yongin-gun, Kyunggi-do, South Korea) - Sep 22, 1990 (Sat)～Oct 21, 1990 (Sun)
Masterpieces of European Oil Painting Ho-Am Gallery (Seoul, South Korea)
Origin of collections
- Provenance:
Manet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Fed.4-5, 1884, lot 64 (to Faure)
J.B. Faure, Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris(1897)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris
Strowsky
Dr.Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin (sale:Sotheby’s London, Oct.15,1958,lot 17)
Paul Mellon, Washington(sale: Christie’s New York, November 15,1983, lot 2)
Exhibited:
New York, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Manet, 1895, no.4
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Œuvres de Manet, 1896
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Les Manet de la Collection Pellerin, 1910, no.7
Munich, Moderne Galerie, Edouard Manet (Aus der Samm-lung Pellerin), 1910, no.4
London, Grafton Galleries, Manet and the Post-Impressionists, 1910-1911, no.22
London, French Gallery, Great Masters of the FrenchⅩⅨth Century, Ingres to Picasso, 1926, no.24
Berlin, Galerie Matthiesen, Ausstellung Edouard Manet, 1928, no.48, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., French Figure Pieces of theⅩⅨth Century, 1937, no.14, illustrated in the catalogue
Detroit, Institure of Arts, The Age of Impressionism and Objective Realism, 1940, no.28
San Francisco, Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate International Exhibition, 1940, no.279
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Masterpieces by Manet, 1946-1947, no.8, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Widenstein & Co., Manet, 1948, no.27, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Collector’s Choice, 1953, no.10, illustrated in the catalogue
New Haven, The Yale University Art Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures collected by Yale Alumni, 1960, no.48
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Delacroix to Gauguin, Ten Portraits, 1962
Washington, National Gallery of Art, French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, 1966, no.41, illustrated in the catalogue
Reference
“Exposition d’Œuvres de Manet chez Durand-Ruel”, Chronique des Arts et de la Curiosité, 1896, p.367
Théodore Duret, Histoire d’Eduard Manet et de son Œuvre, Paris, 1902, p.106, no.259, illustrated
E. Waldmann, “Edouard Manet in der Sammlung Pellerin,” Kunst und Künstler, 1910, vol.8, pp.387-398, illustrated
Gino Severini, Les Artistes Nouveaux : Manet, Paris, 1924, pl.17, illustrated
Adolphe Tabaran, Manet-Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, p.379, no.329
Paul Colin, Edouard Manet, Paris, 1932, pl.88, illustrated
Paul Jamot, Georges Wildenstein and M.-L. Bataille, Manet, Paris, 1932, no.324, illustrated
Adolphe Tabatant, Manet et son Œuvre, Paris 1947, p.386, no.352, illustrated
Georges Bataille, Manet, Lausanne, 1955, pp.109 and 115, illustrated
j.-L. Vaudoyer, Edouard Manet, Paris, 1955, pl.51, illustrated
“The Goldschmidt pictures and asction,” Art News, 1958, pp.37 and 60, illustrated
Denis Rouart, Manet, Paris, 1960, p.72
L.C. Breuning Guillaume Apollinaire, Chroniques d’Art, 1902-1918, Paris, 1960, pp.112-113 R.Goldwater, “The Glory that was franch,” Art News, 1966, p.42
Dr. F. Neugass, “Jubiläumshau in der National Galerie in Washington,” Weltkunst, 1966, pp.335-336, illustrated
G.H. Hamilton, “Is Manet still ‘Modern’ ?”, Art New Annual, 1966. Vol.31, pp.126-127, illustrated
P. Schneider, The World of Manet, New York, 1968, pp.143 and 172
M. Bodelsen, “Early Impressionist Sale 1874-1894”, Burlington Magazine, 1968, p.342, o.64
P. pool and Sandra Orienti, The complete paintings of Manet, New York, 1967, p.114, no.327, illustrated
Denis Rouart and Daniel Wildenstein, Edouard Manet, Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne-Paris, 1975, p.260, no.338, illustrated
ピエール・クールティヨン「マネ」千足伸行訳（世界の巨匠シリーズ）２９ページ、図版no.38、美術出版社、1968
阿部良雄「マネ」（新潮美術文庫24）図版no.29、新潮社、1974
ジャン・クレイ「印象派」高階秀爾監訳、304ページ、中央公論社、1987
ピエール・クルーティヨン「マネ」千足伸行訳（BSSギャラリー世界の巨匠）27ページ、図版no.38, 美術出版社、1990
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