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Folies Bergere, light-bulb center top, right top black with white letters

[The] Bar at

acrylic and ink on paper

10" x 10"

2013

I have been working on a couple of visits back to Manet's Folies Bergere, in an effort to see why it is so haunting: the light and shadow, the reflections, the barmaid's glance (at the viewer, not at her customer). I think it's about light, and darkness, and power.