Young Man Standing (Léon Leenhoff) (recto); Sketch of Standing Boy (verso) - Édouard Manet

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"Young Man Standing (Léon Leenhoff) (recto); Sketch of Standing Boy (verso)" by Édouard Manet (1864/65) Black crayon (recto and verso) on tannish-buff laid paper with blue fibers, recto squared in graphite.

Commentary

"Young Man Standing (Léon Leenhoff) (recto); Sketch of Standing Boy (verso)" by Édouard Manet (1864/65) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Themes to notice include drawings (visual works). Th is 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: Attributed to Édouard Manet French, 1832-1883. The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as drawings (visual works), which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Black crayon (recto and verso) on tannish-buff laid paper with blue fibers, recto squared in graphite) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (40.6 × 20.7 cm (16 × 8 3/16 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include drawings (visual works). Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/113657

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