A Cat Resting on All Fours, Seen from Behind

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
Date: 1861
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 4 13/16 in. (9.5 x 12.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Paul Gourary in honor of Marianne Gourary's birthday, 1995
Accession no.: 1995.494

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