In October, the first movement of the Ann and Gordon Getty collection auctions at Christie’s in New York will start with a bang. Or rather, a bark.
Édouard Manet’s most famous pictures, including Olympia (1863), The Luncheon on the Grass (1863) and A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), act as a window into Impressionistic views of life in and around Paris. His subjects often stare back at viewers, inviting them to join the scene or hinting that they may already be a part of it.
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