The Races

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The Races, 1865/72. Lithograph in black on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé).

Lithograph in black on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé) · Image: 35.5 × 51.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: The Races
Artist: Édouard Manet French, 1832-1883
Date: 1865/72
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions: Image: 35.5 × 51.3 cm (14 × 20 1/4 in.); Primary support: 36.6 × 51.1 cm (14 7/16 × 20 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 47.2 × 63.9 cm (18 5/8 × 25 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Through prior bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1832–1883

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.