| Plum Brandy | |
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| Artist | Édouard Manet |
| Year | circa 1877[1] |
| Medium | Oil on canvas[1] |
| Dimensions | 73.6 x 50.2 cm (29 x 19 3/4 in.)[1] |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[1] |
Plum Brandy, also known as The Plum (French: La Prune), is an oil painting by Édouard Manet. It is undated but thought to have been painted about 1877. The painting measures 73.6 centimetres (29.0 in) by 50.2 centimetres (19.8 in). It depicts a woman seated alone at a table in a cafe, in a lethargic pose similar to that of the woman in Degas' L'Absinthe.[2] The woman may be a prostitute, but unlike the subject of Degas' work she appears more dreamy than depressed. She holds an unlit cigarette and her plum soaked in brandy appears untouched.[3]
Plum Brandy is exhibited in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- ^ a b c d "Plum Brandy". National Gallery of Art.
- ^ Carol M. Armstrong; Edouard Manet (2002). Manet Manette. Yale University Press. p. 244. ISBN 0300096585.
- ^ Gilles Néret (2003). Manet. Taschen. p. 76. ISBN 9783822819494.