![]() ![]() Gotthard Jedlicka sees a connection to the colors of the background in the dark willow branches. ![]() In this composition, the green leaves and purple asparagus tips have the difficult task of contrastingly separating the asparagus spears from the background, both of which are executed in a similar color scheme. The upper half of the picture is occupied by a black-brown background in which "the colors are velvety intertwined", as the author Gotthard Jedlicka states. The signature 'Manet' can be found on the lower left of this light background. A bluish-white background can be seen at the bottom left and in the middle of the right edge of the picture, which could be a tablecloth or a light marble slab. For the art historian Mikael Wivel, Manet presented the asparagus in the same way a greengrocer would display his goods. Manet's biographer Théodore Duret speaks of a "lit d'herbes vertes" (bed of green leaves). The bunch of asparagus lies on a base of green leaves that reach from the left side to the lower right corner of the picture. It is held together by two thin willow rods that were used to transport the vegetables. The view goes from the side to the bunch of asparagus, whose violet tips are aligned to the right edge of the picture. In the center of the picture lies a bunch of white asparagus stalks in the bright light. Manet's Bunch of Asparagus shows a motif based on traditional still life painting. ![]() He sent this second work to Ephrussi with a note reading, "There was one missing in your bundle". On receiving the work he gave the artist 1,000 francs instead and so Manet decided to paint a smaller second work, now known as A Sprig of Asparagus. It was commissioned by the art collector Charles Ephrussi for 800 francs. A Bundle of Asparagus (1880) by Édouard ManetĪ Bundle of Asparagus or A Bunch of Asparagus ( Une botte d'asperges, La botte d'asperges or Botte d'asperges) is an 1880 painting by Édouard Manet. ![]()
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