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Rediscovered chalk drawing of child attributed to Édouard Manet
Exclusive: Work, whose subject resembles street urchin in masterpiece by artist, chanced upon in private collection A red chalk drawing of a crouching child, spotted in a private Italian collection, has been attributed by an art historian to the French modernist painter Édouard Manet. The child, whose identity has yet to be established, resembles a street urchin in the Manet masterpiece The Old Musician , in which he sought to show the humanity of homeless and marginalised people. Continue reading...
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Exclusive: Work, whose subject resembles street urchin in masterpiece by artist, chanced upon in private collection A red chalk drawing of a crouching child, spotted in a private Italian collection, has been attributed by an art historian to the French modernist painter Édouard Manet. The child, whose identity has yet to be established, resembles a street urchin in the Manet masterpiece The Old Musician , in which he sought to show the humanity of homeless and marginalised people. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Rediscovered chalk drawing of child attributed to Édouard Manet, Exclusive: Work, whose subject resembles street urchin in masterpiece by artist, chanced upon in private collection A red chalk drawing of a crouching child, spotted in a private Italian collection, has been attributed by an art historian to the French modernist painter Édouard Manet. The child, whose identity has yet to be established, resembles a street urchin in the Manet masterpiece The Old Musician , in which he sought to show the humanity of homeless and marginalised people. Continue reading…
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