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Les Courses à Longchamp
The Races at Longchamp
Édouard Manet · 1866
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
About this painting
Manet tilted the racetrack toward the viewer, making the horses appear to charge straight out of the canvas — a radical break from static equestrian painting.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44 × 84 cm (17.3 × 33.1 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
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