During the summer of 1889, blanche painted several portraits of george porto-riche, a writer and friend who was visiting him in dieppe. Blanche wrote: "if and when my father could at last get away from paris and take a couple of days holiday. We were awash with visitors. Alexandre dumas in his reefer jacket, porto-riche, carpeaux, antoine vollon. Charles ephrussi. And sometimes claude monet. " the work here was dedicated to another sitter and friend, the sculpture auguste rodin. Object Type: painting. Date: 1889. Dimensions: height: 100 cm (39.3 in); width: 65 cm (25.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Private collection. Georges Porto-Riche by Jacques-Emile Blanche (1889, priv.coll)
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