The rue Mosnier with Gas Lamp - Édouard Manet

Gift of Mrs. Alice H. Patterson given in memory of Tiffany Blake

"The rue Mosnier with Gas Lamp" by Édouard Manet (1878) Brush with tusche, over graphite on transfer paper, laid down on cream wove paper.

Commentary

"The rue Mosnier with Gas Lamp" by Édouard Manet (1878) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Themes to notice include pen and ink drawings. This piece is held in the source col lection'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 pen and ink drawings, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Brush with tusche, over graphite on transfer paper, laid down on cream wove paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (27.7 × 44.1 cm (10 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include pen and ink drawings. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/52687

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