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The Sitter
- is believed to have been Madame Piantoni, from Mory-Montcrux in France.
The Painting
Other Information
- Madame Piantoni was affectionately know as Madame P, by the artist and a friend
in the village. She was the daughter of
Madame Saint Marouce, who left her flat in Paris to spend the last part of her
life with her daughter in Mory-Montcrux.
Commenting on an early harvest in 1934, a friend wrote:
" Mme Piantoni is delighted as she has been able to glean a
great deal in the fields. She and her mother go out from 8 am to 6 pm with just a
break for dejeuner and they don't seem a scrap tired, the feeling of getting
a lot of corn free keeps them so happy".
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