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Édouard Manet

Exotic Flower (Woman in a Mantilla)

1868
Etching and aquatint in warm black on ivory laid paper
16.2 × 10.6 cm (6.4 × 4.2 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Exotic Flower is an original composition, not based on a painting. A model for the etching is found among the Caprichos of Goya; unlike Goya, Manet visually isolated his figure, choosing not to provide a context for it.

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