The Plum by Manet

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An 1878-9 oil on canvas painting, La Prune (The Plum), by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Named after the dessert the girl is eating, this work shows a working woman, perhaps a shop assistant, lost in thought in a café. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, U.S.A.)

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Washington, N. G. o. A. (2022, March 14). The Plum by Manet. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15445/the-plum-by-manet/

Chicago Style

Washington, National Gallery of Art,. "The Plum by Manet." World History Encyclopedia, March 14, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15445/the-plum-by-manet/.

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Washington, National Gallery of Art,. "The Plum by Manet." World History Encyclopedia, 14 Mar 2022, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15445/the-plum-by-manet/.

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