Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Racehorse (after Manet)

Henri-Charles Guérard; after Édouard Manet

Date

c. 1888

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The narrow format and bold outlines of this composition derive from Japanese woodblock prints, which captivated Henri-Charles Guérard in the 1880s. Guérard based his figure of a jockey on horseback on an earlier lithograph by the French artist Édouard Manet, whose print The Races (Les courses), (Mia P.86.28), found fame as an example of modern expression notable for its animated draftsmanship and unconventional treatment of the subject. Guérard married one of Manet’s students, Eva Gonzales, and later assisted in the production of Manet’s prints. France, Europe

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