Edouard MANET
1832 - 1883
The Absinth Drinker
1860
Original etching with aquatint
290 × 160 mm, margins 410 × 300 mm
Very fine impression on old Japan paper, of the definitive state, reworked using aquatint, probably with the held of Bracquemond, in 1867
Reference: Moreau-Nélaton 8, Guérin 9 iii/iii, Harris 16 iii/iii, McKean Fisher 9 v/v
This state was published for the first time by Porcaboeuf in 1906-1910. The print matches the composition of a painting depicting the same subject (Copenhague, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek), made during the winter of 1858-1859.