On loan from a private collection, © Private collection. Used by permission
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This richly decorative canvas is one of five paintings known collectively as 'The Album' and now dispersed. All depict flower-filled interiors in which women converse, read and sew. The avant-garde publisher Thadée Natanson commissioned the works for his Paris apartment.
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The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN