Artwork preview

Line in Front of the Butcher Shop (Queue devant la boucherie)

Edouard Manet

National Gallery of Art

This print is an abstract depiction of a group of people holding umbrellas. The people are indistinct, depicted with fine, dark lines and no visible limbs or features. Above them are numerous umbrellas. The people cast dark shadows on the ground. One section in the center of the print, in the middle of the group of people, is mostly blank, suggesting an area of light or reflection. The background is mostly blank, tan paper, with one section of vertical black lines behind the figures and umbrellas on the right.

Artwork Details

Date
1870
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
2930 × 3364 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original