George Moore (1852–1933), 1879, Pastel on canvas, 21 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (55.2 x 35.2 cm), Drawings, Édouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris), This pastel, executed in one sitting, depicts the Irish critic and novelist George Moore. He used it as the frontispiece for his book Modern Painting (1893), noting that as 'a fresh-complexioned, fair-haired young man, the type most suitable to Manet's palette, [the artist] at once asked [him] to sit
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George Moore, 1852–1933, 1879, Pastel, canvas, 21 3/4 x 13 7/8, 55.2 35.2 cm, Drawings, Édouard Manet, French, Paris, 1832–1883, pastel, executed, sitting, depicts, Irish critic, novelist George, Moore, frontispiece, book Modern, Painting, 1893, noting, fresh-complexioned, fair-haired young, man, type, suitable, Manet, palette, artist, asked, sit
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