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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882

Édouard Manet

Oil on canvas · 96 x 130 cm

A barmaid stares out past the viewer, her mirror reflection subtly askew.

A barmaid faces us head-on amid bottles and electric light, her reflection in the great mirror behind subtly, impossibly wrong. Manet's last masterpiece turns a Parisian nightspot into a puzzle about looking, longing and modern loneliness.

Courtauld Gallery

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