The Smoker (Le Fumeur)

1879–82

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and drypoint on blue laid paper, only state
Dimensions: plate: 9 1/8 x 6in. (23.2 x 15.2cm) sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 3/8in. (36.5 x 23.8cm)
Collection no.: 21.76.17
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Édouard Manet. The Smoker (Le Fumeur). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Smoker (Le Fumeur) — Édouard Manet. 1879–82.

Medium: Etching and drypoint on blue laid paper, only state. Dimensions: plate: 9 1/8 x 6in. (23.2 x 15.2cm) sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 3/8in. (36.5 x 23.8cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1921.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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