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A pale-skinned young man with a carrot-red beard and hair faces us, straddling a green chair in a sunny outdoor setting in this vertical painting. The scene is loosely painted so his features are indistinct. His eyes are painted as pale blue dots, and he looks out at us. His chair unfolds into an X shape, with interlacing slats to make the seat. He leans forward to rest his hands on one side of the chair, and his legs are spread wide. He wears a marine-blue jacket over a white shirt, sage-green trousers streaked with gray, and black shoes. A soft blue V-shape at the neck suggests a…
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George Moore in the Artist's Garden

painter Edouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883)

c. 1879

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 54.6 x 45.1 cm (21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.) ; framed: 78.11 × 68.26 × 10.8 cm (30 3/4 × 26 7/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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