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Along with Beggar with a Duffle Coat, Beggar with Oysters formed part of a series of four paintings collectively called The Philosophers. The title refers to traditional representations of the ancient stoic philosophers, whose poverty was associated with wisdom. The anonymous men in these paintings would have been recognizable to Édouard Manet’s contemporary audience as urban types—social outcasts populating the streets of Paris. By depicting them at such a large scale and set against empty, dark backgrounds, Manet subverted expectations for paint-ing at the time, granting his figures a portrait-like, even heroic presence typically reserved for noble, historical, or religious subjects. Through his format and series title, the artist encouraged viewers to see these often-disregarded people as possessing rare insight.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 111 × 188 Cm |
| Tags | portraits: male subjectpeasantsportraitmenportraitsCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairs |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
Timeline
Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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Hippolyte Babou, “Les dissidents de l’exposition: M. Édouard Manet,” Revue libérale 2
Hippolyte Babou, “Les dissidents de l’exposition: M. Édouard Manet,” Revue libérale 2 (June–July 1867), pp. 288–89.
Thu
22
Jan
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Joséphin Péladan, “Le Procédé de Manet, d’après l’exposition faite à l’ École des Beaux-Arts,” L’Artiste
Joséphin Péladan, “Le Procédé de Manet, d’après l’exposition faite à l’ École des Beaux-Arts,” L’Artiste (February 1884), p. 109.
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Paris, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition posthume Manet, January 1884, cat. 29 or 30.
Paris, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition posthume Manet, January 1884, cat. 29 or 30.
Thu
22
Jan
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copy of archival reference in curatorial object file]
copy of archival reference in curatorial object file]
Thu
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Eugène Muntz, “Exposition internationale de Munich,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts ser. 2, 2
Eugène Muntz, “Exposition internationale de Munich,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts ser. 2, 2 (1869), p. 309.
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Paris, Avenue de l’Alma, Exposition particulière Manet, 1867, no. 31 or 32, as Philosophe.
Paris, Avenue de l’Alma, Exposition particulière Manet, 1867, no. 31 or 32, as Philosophe.
Thu
22
Jan
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Arthur J. Eddy, “Édouard Manet, Painter,” Brush and Pencil 1, 5
Arthur J. Eddy, “Édouard Manet, Painter,” Brush and Pencil 1, 5 (February 1898), pp. 136 (ill.), 138.
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Selected Works of Old and Modern Masters Being the Annual Exhibition of the Antiquarians of the Art Institute, January 1–23, 1898, cat. 42.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Selected Works of Old and Modern Masters Being the Annual Exhibition of the Antiquarians of the Art Institute, January 1–23, 1898, cat. 42.
Thu
22
Jan
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copy of archival reference in curatorial object file]
copy of archival reference in curatorial object file]
Thu
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Anatole Godet, Exposition rétrospective de l’œuvre d’Edouard Manet, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, 6 au 28 janvier 1884
Anatole Godet, Exposition rétrospective de l’œuvre d’Edouard Manet, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, 6 au 28 janvier 1884 (Paris, 1884), [no pag.].
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Paris, Cercle de L’Union Artistique, 1870, no cat.
Paris, Cercle de L’Union Artistique, 1870, no cat.
Thu
22
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The artist, until 1872
The artist, until 1872
Thu
22
Jan
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Vivian Endicott Barnet, The Chicago Lawyer Arthur Jerome Eddy and His Eclectic Art Collection
Vivian Endicott Barnet, The Chicago Lawyer Arthur Jerome Eddy and His Eclectic Art Collection (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Press, 2022), 29, 30 fig. 4.6, 174.
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Pasadena, Norton Simon Mseum of Art, Masterpiece Exchange - Manet's Philosophers from the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 19, 2021-Feb. 28, 2022.
Pasadena, Norton Simon Mseum of Art, Masterpiece Exchange - Manet's Philosophers from the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 19, 2021-Feb. 28, 2022.
Thu
22
Jan
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“Manet, Cat. 10, Beggar with Oysters
“Manet, Cat. 10, Beggar with Oysters (Philosopher),” in Manet Paintings and Works on Paper at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2017), https://publications.artic.edu/manet/reader/manetart/section/140020.
Thu
22
Jan
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Douglas Druick, “Material Perspectives: The Art Object, the Art Museum, and the History of Art,” in Histoire de l’Art du XIXe Siècle
Douglas Druick, “Material Perspectives: The Art Object, the Art Museum, and the History of Art,” in Histoire de l’Art du XIXe Siècle (Paris: École du Louvre, 2012), pp. 276, figs. 4–5.
Thu
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Jan
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Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, “The First Purchases of Paul Durand-Ruel from Édouard Manet, 1872–1873,” in Stéphane Guégan, et al., Manet: The Man Who Invented Modernity, exh. cat.
Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, “The First Purchases of Paul Durand-Ruel from Édouard Manet, 1872–1873,” in Stéphane Guégan, et al., Manet: The Man Who Invented Modernity, exh. cat. (Gallimard/Musée d’Orsay, 2011), pp. 284–85.
Thu
22
Jan
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sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, January 1872, for 1,000 or 1,500 francs [per Durand-Ruel and Durand-Ruel, 2011, 284–85]
sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, January 1872, for 1,000 or 1,500 francs [per Durand-Ruel and Durand-Ruel, 2011, 284–85]
Thu
22
Jan
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James H. Rubin, Manet: Initial M, Hand and Eye
James H. Rubin, Manet: Initial M, Hand and Eye (Paris: Flammarion, 2010), pp. 131, 134, fig. 17.
Thu
22
Jan
note
Guy Cogeval, Stéphane Guégan, and Alice Thomine-Berrada, Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay
Guy Cogeval, Stéphane Guégan, and Alice Thomine-Berrada, Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay (San Francisco, Munich, New York, and Paris: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Del Monico Books, Prestel Pub., and Musée d’Orsay, 2010), pp. 235, fig. 44.
Thu
22
Jan
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Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago
Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008; revised ed., Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Press, 2010), pp. 30–31, cat. 2 (ill.).
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Fort Worth, Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 2.
Fort Worth, Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 2.
Thu
22
Jan
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Richard R. Brettell and Stephen F. Eisenman, Nineteenth-Century Art in the Norton Simon Museum
Richard R. Brettell and Stephen F. Eisenman, Nineteenth-Century Art in the Norton Simon Museum (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006), vol. 1, pp. 258, 261, fig. 68b.
Thu
22
Jan
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Maria Teresa Benedetti, Manet
Maria Teresa Benedetti, Manet (Milan: Skira, 2005), pp. 33–34, fig. 15.
Thu
22
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Rebecca Stott, Oyster
Rebecca Stott, Oyster (London: Reaktion, 2004), pp. 128, 129 (ill.), 130.
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Madrid, Museo del Prado, Manet en el Prado, October 13, 2003–January 11, 2004, cat. 70.
Madrid, Museo del Prado, Manet en el Prado, October 13, 2003–January 11, 2004, cat. 70.
Thu
22
Jan
exhibition
Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Manet/Velasquèz: la manière espagnole au XIXe siècle, September 16, 2002–January 12, 2003, cat. 90; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet/Velázquez. The French Taste for Spanish Painting...
Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Manet/Velasquèz: la manière espagnole au XIXe siècle, September 16, 2002–January 12, 2003, cat. 90; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet/Velázquez. The French Taste for Spanish Painting, March 4–June 8, 2003, cat. 145.
Thu
22
Jan
note
Nancy Locke, Manet and the Family Romance
Nancy Locke, Manet and the Family Romance (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001), pp. 56 (ill.), 62.
Thu
22
Jan
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Isabelle Cahn, Isabelle Alzieu, Stéphane Guégan, et al., Manet: Les Natures mortes
Isabelle Cahn, Isabelle Alzieu, Stéphane Guégan, et al., Manet: Les Natures mortes (Paris: Beaux-Arts Magazine, 2000), p. 86.
Thu
22
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Charles Fabens Kelley, “Chicago: Record Years,” Art News 51, 4
Charles Fabens Kelley, “Chicago: Record Years,” Art News 51, 4 (Summer 1952), p. 108.
Thu
22
Jan
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Adolphe Tabarant, Manet et ses Œuvres
Adolphe Tabarant, Manet et ses Œuvres (Paris: Gallimard, 1947), pp. 115, 172, 536, 605 (ill.), no. 111.
Thu
22
Jan
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Michel Florisoone, Manet
Michel Florisoone, Manet (Monaco: Documents d'art, 1947), pp. XIX, XXI.
Mon
22
Jan
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Kathleen Pyne, Art and the Higher Life: Painting and Evolutionary Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century America
Kathleen Pyne, Art and the Higher Life: Painting and Evolutionary Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century America (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996), pp. 226–27, fig. 5.1.
Mon
22
Jan
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Michael Fried, Manet’s Modernism or, the Face of Painting in the 1860s
Michael Fried, Manet’s Modernism or, the Face of Painting in the 1860s (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996), pp. 333–34, 336.
Fri
22
Jan
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Vivien Perutz, Édouard Manet
Vivien Perutz, Édouard Manet (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press and London: Associated University Presses, 1993), pp. 48, 67–68, fig. 38.
Tue
22
Jan
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Éric Darragon, Manet
Éric Darragon, Manet (Paris: Éditions Citadelle, 1991), pp. 162, 165, fig. 86.
Mon
22
Jan
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Jean C. Harris, Edouard Manet: The Graphic Work, a Catalogue Raisonné
Jean C. Harris, Edouard Manet: The Graphic Work, a Catalogue Raisonné (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990), p. 150.
Sun
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Horst Keller, Edouard Manet
Horst Keller, Edouard Manet (Munich: Bruckmann, 1989), p. 27, ill. 19.
Wed
22
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Kathleen Adler, Manet
Kathleen Adler, Manet (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Salem House/Phaidon, 1986), pp. 80–82, fig. 69.
Tue
22
Jan
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Marilyn Brown, Gypsies and Other Bohemians: The Myth of the Artist in Nineteenth-Century France
Marilyn Brown, Gypsies and Other Bohemians: The Myth of the Artist in Nineteenth-Century France (Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1985), p. 81.
Tue
22
Jan
exhibition
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Manet as a Printmaker: Works from the Permanent Collection, April 20–September 12, 1985, no cat.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Manet as a Printmaker: Works from the Permanent Collection, April 20–September 12, 1985, no cat.
Sat
22
Jan
exhibition
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Manet 1832–1883, April 22–August 1, 1983, cat. 90; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 10–November 27, 1983.
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Manet 1832–1883, April 22–August 1, 1983, cat. 90; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 10–November 27, 1983.
Sat
22
Jan
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Anne Coffin Hanson, Manet and the Modern Tradition
Anne Coffin Hanson, Manet and the Modern Tradition (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1977), p. 65.
Wed
22
Jan
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Denis Rouart and Daniel Wildenstein, Édouard Manet, catalogue raisonné
Denis Rouart and Daniel Wildenstein, Édouard Manet, catalogue raisonné (Lausanne: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1975), vol. 1, p. 100-01 (ill.), cat. 99.
Mon
22
Jan
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Anne Coffin Hanson, “Manet’s Subject Matter and a Source of Popular Imagery,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 3
Anne Coffin Hanson, “Manet’s Subject Matter and a Source of Popular Imagery,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 3 (1968), pp. 74, 76 (ill.), 77–78, fig. 18.
Sun
22
Jan
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Sandra Orienti and Phoebe Pool, The Complete Paintings of Manet
Sandra Orienti and Phoebe Pool, The Complete Paintings of Manet (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1967), p. 95, cat. 95 (ill.).
Sat
22
Jan
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Anne Coffin Hanson, Édouard Manet 1832-1883, exh. cat.
Anne Coffin Hanson, Édouard Manet 1832-1883, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1966), pp. 45, 92 (ill.), 93, cat. 73.
Sat
22
Jan
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Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84
Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84 (September 1966), p. 197.
Sat
22
Jan
exhibition
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Édouard Manet 1832–1883, November 3–December 11, 1966; traveled to Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, January 13–February 19, 1967, cat. 73 [Chicago venue only].
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Édouard Manet 1832–1883, November 3–December 11, 1966; traveled to Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, January 13–February 19, 1967, cat. 73 [Chicago venue only].
Sun
22
Jan
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 269.
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