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Her downcast, sidelong glance — not meeting ours, looking away and slightly down. This refusal of eye contact intensifies the intimacy; we are seeing someone in a private moment, her reverie unbroken. The slight part of the lips beneath adds quiet breath.

Gustave Courbet

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Her downcast, sidelong glance — not meeting ours, looking away and slightly down. This refusal of eye contact intensifies the intimacy; we are seeing someone in a private moment, her reverie unbroken. The slight part of the lips beneath adds quiet breath.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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