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Source Description
Henri Guérard was well-known during his lifetime for his close association with the Impressionist circle and for working as a master printer for artists such as Edouard Manet. This print reinterprets a painting by Eva Gonzalès, Manet’s only formal pupil and Guérard’s spouse until her untimely death in 1883. Featuring a bust portrait of an African woman wearing a scarf and headwrap, the original painting, now lost, was probably made as a tribute to Manet, who had depicted the same subject around 1862.
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Document identity
localId
380326
label
An African Woman, after Eva Gonzalès
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
380326
contentType
drawing
title
An African Woman, after Eva Gonzalès
description
Henri Guérard was well-known during his lifetime for his close association with the Impressionist circle and for working as a master printer for artists such as Edouard Manet. This print reinterprets a painting by Eva Gonzalès, Manet’s only formal pupil and Guérard’s spouse until her untimely death in 1883. Featuring a bust portrait of an African woman wearing a scarf and headwrap, the original painting, now lost, was probably made as a tribute to Manet, who had depicted the same subject around 1862.
date
c. 1888
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117244704
creators
47244
370557
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Platemark: 26.8 x 28.6 cm (10 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 46.7 x 34.3 cm (18 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
2020.241
Source extras
tec
zinc etching and aquatint
tombstone
An African Woman, after Eva Gonzalès, c. 1888. Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846–1897), after Eva Gonzalès (French, 1849–1883). Zinc etching and aquatint; platemark: 26.8 x 28.6 cm (10 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.); sheet: 46.7 x 34.3 cm (18 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bernard Derroitte in honor of Margaret and Peter Dobbins, 2020.241
collection
PR - Etching
stateOfTheWork
unknown (new II/IV, with earring, unrecorded in Bertin)
inscriptions
inscription
signed, at lower left, in plate: H. Guerard; initialed, at lower left, in plate: G; stamped, at lower right, in plate: Vieille Montagne (mark of manufacturer); inscribed at lower left, below platemark, in pencil: état avec la boucle d’oreille; stamped, at lower left, in red ink: mark of Henri Guérard (L. 3481).
didYouKnow
Guérard often used recycled metal for his printing plates. At lower right, this print features the embossed mark of a zinc manufacturer, which was included on a hammered-out watering can that the artist used for printing.
citations
citation
Bertin, Claudie. “Henri Guérard (1846-1897): l’œuvre gravé.” PhD diss. Paris: École du Louvre, 1975.
page_number
Mentioned: vol. 2bis, no. 553
catalogueRaisonne
Bertin 553
creditline
Gift of Bernard Derroitte in honor of Margaret and Peter Dobbins
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2026-05-29 08:58:14.485000
sourceId
380326
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Prints
coll
PR - Etching
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zinc etching and aquatint
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female
male
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1
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0
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photo
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1ac797967d8e073a