Luncheons on the Grass: Reimagining Manet's Le Déjeuner Sur l'Herbe

by Jeffrey Deitch, Aruna d'Souza, Marina Molarsky-Beck

Thirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of Le D jeuner sur l'herbe.

douard Manet's Le D jeuner sur l'herbe (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 D jeuner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084789987X
• ISBN13: 9780847899876
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 10.2"