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1870s · Art Institute of Chicago
Woman Reading
painting by Édouard Manet
In the picture
- Date
- 1870s (known to the decade)WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1880–82
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 61.2 × 50.7 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 61 × 50 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Gallery
- Gallery 201Art Institute of Chicago
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1933.435Wikidata
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial CollectionArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- 1922 –Annie Swan Coburnhigh confidenceWikidata · owned by
- 1933 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
Paris, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition des Oeuvres de Édouard Manet, January 1884, cat. 92.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Exhibition of Paintings: Édouard Manet, Pierre Renoir, Berthe Morisot, October–December 1924, cat. 37 (ill.).
Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition des Oeuvre de Manet, 1925, cat. 78.
Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition des Oeuvre de Manet, April–May 1928, cat. 25 (ill.).
Berlin, Goldschmidt Galerie, Impressionisten Sondersusstellung, 1928.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mrs. L. L. Coburn Collection, 1932, cat. 17 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 328.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 249.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Edouard Manet: A Retrospective Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of French Hospitals, March–April 1937, cat. 29 (ill.).
San Francisco, Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate International Exposition 1940, cat. 276 (ill.).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, French Painting From David Toulouse-Lautrec, February–March 1941, cat. 81.
Des Moines, Iowa, Art Center, 19th and 20th Century European and American Art, 1948, no cat.
Birmingham, Ala., Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Opening Exhibition, April 8–June 3, 1951, p. 29.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Manet, November 3–December 11, 1966, cat. 161 (ill.); traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, February 13–19, 1967.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Art at the Time of the Centennial, June 19–August 8, 1976, extended to August 15, 1976, no cat.
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors Impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–August 31, 1980, cat. 4 (ill.).
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Manet and Modern Paris, December 5, 1982–March 6, 1983, cat. 22 (ill.).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Manet: 1832–1883, April 22–August 1, 1983, cat. 174 (ill.); traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 10–November 27, 1983.
Tokyo, Seibu, Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18–December 17, 1985, cat. 34 (ill.); traveled to Fukuoka, Art Museum, January 5–February 2, 1986; and Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, March 4–April 13, 1986.
Tokyo, ASAHI, Masterworks of Modern Art From The Art Institute of Chicago, 1994, cat. 9 (ill.); traveled to Nagaoka, Niiagata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art; and Yokohama Museum of Art, 1994-1995.
London, National Gallery, Impressions: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890, November 1, 2000-January 28, 2001, no cat. no. (ill.); Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, March 2-May 20, 2001; Williamstown, Mass., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, June 16-September 9, 2001.
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 21 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Manet and Modern Beauty, May 26 - September 8, 2019, cat no. 56; The J. Paul Getty Museum, October 8, 2019–January 12, 2020.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Manet & Morisot, Oct. 11, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026, no cat. no., pl. 63; Cleveland Museum of Art, Mar. 29–July 5, 2026 (Cleveland only)
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago14591
- Wikimedia CommonsÉdouard Manet - Woman Reading - 1933.435 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg
- inventory number1933.435
- WikidataQ20268621
- Fame rank#10402 (2 Wikipedia articles)




