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.
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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
Print
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

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