1876 (ca.), Edouard Manet, La Parisienne -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Edouard Manet's reputation for progressive experimentation and sensational exhibition pieces made him a model for Sargent's career and an object of the young painter's admiration. Though Sargent probably would not have seen this portrait, Manet's influence loomed large, especially at the time of his death, in 1883, and the subsequent memorial exhibition and studio sale in 1884 (at which Sargent purchased two works). Manet employed a studio model to create his image of the modern Parisienne, who wears a black day dress and contrasting pale gloves. In her right hand she grips an umbrella or parasol, as she would have in daily life, traversing the boulevards of Paris.
1876 (ca.), Edouard Manet, La Parisienne -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Edouard Manet's reputation for progressive experimentation and sensational exhibition pieces made him a model for Sargent's career and an object of the young painter's admiration. Though Sargent probably would not have seen this portrait, Manet's influence loomed large, especially at the time of his death, in 1883, and the subsequent memorial exhibition and studio sale in 1884 (at which Sargent purchased two works). Manet employed a studio model to create his image of the modern Parisienne, who wears a black day dress and contrasting pale gloves. In her right hand she grips an umbrella or parasol, as she would have in daily life, traversing the boulevards of Paris.