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Plum Brandy
Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 50.2 cm, by Édouard Manet, 1883
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
 

A young woman sits alone in a café, her gaze distant and thoughtful, with an untouched glass of brandy and an unlit cigarette placed before her. Emphasis falls on her isolation, set apart from any company, creating a quiet study of urban loneliness as she remains absorbed in her own thoughts within a public space.