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The Cats

A work made of etching and aquatint with plate tone in warm black on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of etching and aquatint with plate tone in warm black on cream laid paper.

Date:

1868–69

Artist:

Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)
published by Alfred Strölin (Swiss, 19th-20th centuries)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Édouard Manet

Title

The Cats

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Original 1868–1869

Medium

Etching and aquatint with plate tone in warm black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 17.3 × 21.8 cm (6 13/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Plate: 18 × 22.6 cm (7 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 41.1 cm (11 7/16 × 16 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Reference Number

1948.43

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