He returned to the portrait 20 years later, after Marthe herself had passed away at the age of 73.

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Marthe again, hovering over the breakfast table, the shimmering purple of her shirt the same color as the wall.

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For example, "The French Window" at first looks like a sunlit interior, with a view looking out into a verdant garden and a woman--Marthe--sewing in the foreground.

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Bonnard began the painting around 1921, but abandoned it when Monchaty committed suicide because of Bonnard's marriage to Marthe, who had also been one of his models.

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At the right of the frame sits a shadowy figure, upsetting the youthful luminescence of the tragic lover: It is Marthe, the blue of her hair and yellowish skin tone blending in with the tablecloth.

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