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Luncheons on the Grass
Reimagining Manet's Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe
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Thirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of Le Déjeuner sur lherbe. Édouard Manets Le Déjeuner sur lherbe (1863) is generally cited as the first modern painting. The entry slide in art history lectures about modernism, the work remains among the most audacious painting[s] ever seen in France, as Ross King described it in The Judgement of Paris (2006). As Manet did with Le Déjeuner sur lherbe, the most provocative painters today collapse the historical and the contemporary onto one plane. Jeffrey Deitch invited a group of these influential artists to create their own versions, combined here with historical responses to Manets painting. The slim volume features these often biting and satirical works alongside essays discussing Le Déjeuner sur lherbes enduring influence on contemporary figurative painting.
Thirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of Le Déjeuner sur lherbe.
Édouard Manets Le Déjeuner sur lherbe (1863) is generally cited as the first modern painting. The entry slide in art history lectures about modernism, the work remains among the most audacious painting[s] ever seen in France, as Ross King described it in The Judgement of Paris (2006).
As Manet did with Le Déjeuner sur lherbe, the most provocative painters today collapse the historical and the contemporary onto one plane. Jeffrey Deitch invited a group of these influential artists to create their own versions, combined here with historical responses to Manets painting. The slim volume features these often biting and satirical works alongside essays discussing Le Déjeuner sur lherbes enduring influence on contemporary figurative painting.