The Plum

La Prune

The Plum

Édouard Manet · 1878

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

About this painting

A solitary woman with an untouched plum brandy and unlit cigarette captures the quiet melancholy of Parisian café culture — a study in modern isolation.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

74 × 50 cm (29.1 × 19.7 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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