Spring (Manet)

<h2 id="background">Background</h2>
<p><i>Spring</i> was the first of a planned quartet of allegorical works using chic Parisian women to depict the four seasons. The idea came from Manet's friend, <a href="/facts/Antonin_Proust/N3SEBE8j">Antonin Proust</a>, who suggested a series of seasons personified by contemporary ideals of women, fashion and beauty. The series was never finished and Manet died a year after finishing only the second of the series, <i>Autumn</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="auction">Auction</h2>
<p>In November 2014, the <a href="/facts/J._Paul_Getty_Museum/8ngLp7AS">J. Paul Getty Museum</a> paid more than $65 million for the painting, surpassing the previous record of $33.2 million for a Manet which was paid for <i><a href="/facts/Self-Portrait_with_Palette_(Manet)/WNbp3gNM">Self Portrait With a Palette</a></i> in 2010.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_most_expensive_paintings/npCI1RJ5">List of most expensive paintings</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_paintings_by_%C3%89douard_Manet/HAAlCvRG">List of paintings by Édouard Manet</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/1881_in_art/pF67XXf5">1881 in art</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Jeanne (Spring) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 26 June 2017. <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/268843/edouard-manet-jeanne-spring-french-1881/" target="_blank">http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/268843/edouard-manet-jeanne-spring-french-1881/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Le Printemps". christies.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017. <a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5840859&lid=1&from=relatedlot&intobjectid=5840859" target="_blank">http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5840859&lid=1&from=relatedlot&intobjectid=5840859</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Craig Nakano (5 November 2014). "Getty breaks record with $65.1-million purchase of Manet's 'Spring'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 June 2017. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-getty-manet-spring-auction-record-20141105-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-getty-manet-spring-auction-record-20141105-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Édouard Manet's Spring Now at the Getty Museum". getty.edu. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2017. <a href="http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/this-just-in-edouard-manet-spring/" target="_blank">http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/this-just-in-edouard-manet-spring/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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