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This is a print of a café interior. Men are engaged in various activities at tables. On the left, some men are seated at a long table, while on the right a man in a suit and apron, likely a server, stands with his hands on his hips, holding a towel. An overcoat and hat are hanging up in the background, and most of the seated men are wearing dark coats. All of the men in the drawing appear to have light skin and dark hair, and many of them have mustaches or beards. More tables continue in a line into the distance on the left. The background of the print is beige paper, and the lines are black.
National Gallery of Art · Print
At the Café (Au café)
Edouard Manet
- Date
- 1869
- Medium
- lithograph printed in black
- Dimensions
- image: 26.3 x 33.4 cm (10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 31 x 43.9 cm (12 3/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1953.6.82
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- French
- Impressionist
- interior
- architecture
- Table
- Hat
- Drink
- Figures
NGA object ID 42632. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.