Cucumber with Leaves
Edouard Manet · c. 1880 · watercolor and gray wash on Japanese paper
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About this picture
Cucumber with Leaves is a public-domain drawing by Edouard Manet, dated c. 1880. Watercolor and gray wash on Japanese paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Cucumber with Leaves” (c. 1880) keeps the scale of an old exhibition picture, but the subject is modern Paris: a café, a street, or someone Manet knew.
About the artist
Édouard Manet (1832–1883) was a French painter who kept the scale of old exhibition pictures but painted modern Paris: cafés, streets, and friends. Younger Impressionists looked to him even though he did not join their shows.
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