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Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles

A work made of etching and aquatint, with roulette, with color applied à la poupée, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching and aquatint, with roulette, with color applied à la poupée, on cream wove paper.

Date:

late 1868/early 1869

Artist:

Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)
printed by Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846-1897)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Édouard Manet

Title

Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1868–1869

Medium

Etching and aquatint, with roulette, with color applied à la poupée, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 19.5 × 16.1 cm (7 11/16 × 6 3/8 in.); Plate: 25 × 21.1 cm (9 7/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 37.9 × 26.3 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Albert Roullier Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1921.377

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