Punch - Édouard Manet

Gift of Mrs. Tiffany Blake

European Art Modern Art Prints Sculpture

"Punch" by Édouard Manet (1874) Lithograph printed in color from seven stones (beige, orange, green, yellow, light blue, white, black), with scraping, on ivory wove paper.

Commentary

"Punch" by Édouard Manet (1874) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Because the work is spatial, changes in viewpoint and light can noticeably alter its emotional impact. Themes to notice include lithograph . This piece is held in the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Édouard Manet is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Édouard Manet French, 1832-1883. The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as lithograph, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Lithograph printed in color from seven stones (beige, orange, green, yellow, light blue, white, black), with scraping, on ivory wove paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Image: 46.2 × 33.6 cm (18 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 61.9 × 44.5 cm (24 3/8 × 17 9/16 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include lithograph. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/47136

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data