1860s

Works from the 1860s (click images for essays)

Edgar Degas (1834–1917) 
Study for “Madame Julie Burtey,” c. 1867 
Black and dark-brown graphite on blued white wove paper
12 1/16 x 8 1/2 in. (30.6 x 21.6 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1955.1406

Édouard Manet (1832–1883) 
Execution of Maximilian, 1868, printed 1884
Lithograph on white chine collé on white wove paper 
Sheet: 20 ¼ x 26 5/8 in. (51.4 x 67.7)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Acquired in memory of Rafael Fernandez (Curator of Prints and Drawings, 1975–1994), with contributions from his friends, colleagues, and students, 2000.4

Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) 
Alms from a Beggar at Ornans, 1868
Graphite with stumping, squared, with touches of crayon on cream wove paper
11 5/16 x 8 11/16 in. (28.7 x 22.1 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1955.1846

Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla), 1868
Etching and aquatint printed in brown and black on cream laid paper
Sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 9/16 in. (36.2 x 24.3 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1986.18

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