Manet’s Sparest Boat Painting

Édouard Manet, Marine, 1869, oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 18 1/2 in., selling at Christie’s This seems like such an unusual Manet, so spare, kind of like it was painted in 1969, not 1869. But here it is. I never really considered him one, Manet turns out to be a painter of many boats. But the only one close to this is the next one in the catalogue raisonné, a painting of boats at sea with a horizon, twice as wide, which was also his only sunset. Édouard Manet, Bateaux en Mer, Soleil couchant, 1869, oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 37 in., held for restitution at MuMA le Havre I like the smaller one better, but maybe not a million dollars better. 18 Nov 2026, lot 323: Manet, Marine, est USD700,000-1m [christies]