Details
ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Le chien 'Donki'
signed with initial 'M.' (lower right) and titled 'Donki' (upper right)
oil on canvas
12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25 cm.)
Painted in 1876
Provenance
M. Manzi, Paris (by 1902).
Georges Bernheim, Paris (by 1928; deposited for safe keeping with Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris and Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, April 1939-February 1942, and then with Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, until October 1945).
Jacques Helft, New York (acquired from the above, 1946).
Private collection, Paris (by 1967).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 1984, lot 14.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty at the above sale.
Literature
T. Duret, Histoire d'Édouard Manet et de son oeuvre, Paris, 1902, p. 242, no. 200 (titled Tête de chien).
A. Alexandre, "Exposition d'art moderne à l'Hôtel de la Revue 'Les Arts'," Les Arts, no. 128, August 1912, no. 9 (illustrated in situ).
E. Moreau-Nélaton, Manet: Catalogue manuscrit, Paris, 1926, no. 233.
A. Tabarant, Manet: Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, p. 287, no. 232 (titled Douki, chien griffon).
P. Jamot and G. Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, vol. I, p. 158, no. 308 (illustrated, vol. II, p. 171, fig. 351).
A. Tabarant, Manet et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1947, pp. 269-270 and 610, no. 238 (illustrated; titled Douki).
M. Venturi and S. Orienti, L'opera pittorica di Edouard Manet Milan, 1967, p. 104, no. 204 (illustrated; dated 1875 and titled Il cane Douki).
D. Rouart and D. Wildenstein, Edouard Manet Catalogue raisonné, Peintures, Lausanne, 1975, vol. I, p. 206, no. 254 (illustrated, p. 207).
Exhibited
Paris, Manzi, Joyant et Cie., Exposition d'art moderne, 1912, no. 35.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Oeuvres de Manet au profit des 'Amis du Luxembourg', April-May 1928, p. 14, no. 11 (titled Le petit griffon).
Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance, Oeuvres des XIXème et XXème siècles, January 1929, p. 8, no. 37 (titled Chien griffon).
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Small Masterpieces of Late 19th Century French Art, December 1939, no. 1 (titled Douki).
Boston Institute of Modern Art, French Art of the Nineties, November-December 1943.
Details
ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)
Le chien 'Donki'
signed with initial 'M.' (lower right) and titled 'Donki' (upper right)
oil on canvas
12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25 cm.)
Painted in 1876
Provenance
M. Manzi, Paris (by 1902).
Georges Bernheim, Paris (by 1928; deposited for safe keeping with Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris and Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, April 1939-February 1942, and then with Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, until October 1945).
Jacques Helft, New York (acquired from the above, 1946).
Private collection, Paris (by 1967).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 1984, lot 14.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty at the above sale.
Literature
T. Duret, Histoire d'Édouard Manet et de son oeuvre, Paris, 1902, p. 242, no. 200 (titled Tête de chien).
A. Alexandre, "Exposition d'art moderne à l'Hôtel de la Revue 'Les Arts'," Les Arts, no. 128, August 1912, no. 9 (illustrated in situ).
E. Moreau-Nélaton, Manet: Catalogue manuscrit, Paris, 1926, no. 233.
A. Tabarant, Manet: Histoire catalographique, Paris, 1931, p. 287, no. 232 (titled Douki, chien griffon).
P. Jamot and G. Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, vol. I, p. 158, no. 308 (illustrated, vol. II, p. 171, fig. 351).
A. Tabarant, Manet et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1947, pp. 269-270 and 610, no. 238 (illustrated; titled Douki).
M. Venturi and S. Orienti, L'opera pittorica di Edouard Manet Milan, 1967, p. 104, no. 204 (illustrated; dated 1875 and titled Il cane Douki).
D. Rouart and D. Wildenstein, Edouard Manet Catalogue raisonné, Peintures, Lausanne, 1975, vol. I, p. 206, no. 254 (illustrated, p. 207).
Exhibited
Paris, Manzi, Joyant et Cie., Exposition d'art moderne, 1912, no. 35.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Oeuvres de Manet au profit des 'Amis du Luxembourg', April-May 1928, p. 14, no. 11 (titled Le petit griffon).
Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance, Oeuvres des XIXème et XXème siècles, January 1929, p. 8, no. 37 (titled Chien griffon).
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Small Masterpieces of Late 19th Century French Art, December 1939, no. 1 (titled Douki).
Boston Institute of Modern Art, French Art of the Nineties, November-December 1943.
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