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TITLE:
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Le Manteau Legendaire
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PERIOD:
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19th century
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CATEGORY:
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Paintings
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MATERIALS:
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Oil on canvas
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MARKINGS:
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Signed lower left
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SIZE:
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h: 16 x w: 26.5 in / h: 40.6 x w: 67.3 cm
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REGION:
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French
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STYLE:
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Romanticism (ca. 1800s-1880s)
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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The Manteau Legendaire of 1907 was another major Salon success, showing a young nude woman clutching the cloak of her absent lover, awaiting his return. This is one of several sketches by the artist for this important work.
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LITERATURE:
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Léon Comerre 1850-1916, by George Comerre (Mme J Maillart-Norbert) and Denyse Lion-Comerre, Paris, 1980, p. 42, and reproduced p.55 (referring to finished Salon painting)
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