Manet painting changes title after three years of restoration

The Guggenheim in New York has unveiled to the public, after a three-year restoration, a painting by Édouard Manet from the Thannhauser Collection.

It is the work"Portrait of a Woman in a Dress," which now, following restoration, has officially changed its title, becoming"Portrait of a Woman in a Striped Dress."

In charge of the restoration was restorer Gillian McMillan, who worked “for hundreds of hours,” uncovering two layers of varnish and retouches to the painting made after Manet’s death-these concealed and flattened the brilliant range of colors used by the artist.

An Andrew Mellon Foundation program allowed the Guggenheim, which has no “home-grown” scientists, to collaborate with experts at the nearby Metropolitan Museum.

Source: Ansa

Image: Édouard Manet, Portrait of a Woman in a Striped Dress (c. 1877-80; oil on canvas, 174.3 x 83.5 cm; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum).

Manet painting changes title after three years of restoration

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