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Join the roomWoman Reading is a oil on canvas painting created by Édouard Manet. It was painted between 1880 and 1882. As of 2025 it is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, its dimensions are 61.2 × 50.7 cm and framed, 83.2 × 73.1 × 9.9 cm. The title commonly used for the painting is how Manet referred to the work in his account book, the artwork has previously been known as Le journal illustré.
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