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From: mullen@gate.net (Allen Mullen)
Subject: Re: ID art challenge
Date: 1996/01/29
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J Leung (jleung@med.ucalgary.ca) wrote:
: 
: Last art excerpt (with the female nude profile) is from a painting by 
: Edouard Manet. I think that the title is "the Picnic" or "Picnic in a 
: garden".

   You are correct! I think the title commonly used in English is "The 
Picnic". 

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painting.
                                                                          
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