déjeuner
Americannoun
plural
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They noted that Edouard Manet’s avant-garde painting “Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe” imitated Marcantonio Raimondi’s engraving, “The Judgment of Paris,” which was itself a reference to a work by Raphael.
From Los Angeles Times
If there's a reason Victorine Meurent is nude in Manet's famed painting "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe," it may well be because her dress, crumpled amidst the scattered detritus of lunch, was impossible to manage for the duration of the meal.
From Salon
Finally, back in Paris, she paints an all-female déjeuner sur l’herbe, in which all the picnickers are Ringgold’s family and friends.
From New York Times
They all are displayed within view of Édouard Manet’s 1863 painting “Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe,” or “The Luncheon on the Grass,” another of Mr. Saint Laurent’s recurring obsessions.
From New York Times
The large-scale portraits "Homme et Enfant" and "Buste d'homme" sold for $24.4 million and $9.5 million respectively, while smaller works on ceramic, like "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" which sold for $2.1 million, went for three or four times their pre-sale estimate.
From Reuters
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