Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/September Morn

September Morn

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The result was: not scheduled by Brianboulton (talk) 10:23, 2 August 2016 (UTC)



September Morn (Matinée de Septembre) is a controversial oil painting on canvas completed in 1911 by the French artist Paul Émile Chabas. Painted over several summers, it depicts a nude girl or young woman standing in the shallow water of a lake, prominently lit by the morning sun. She is leaning slightly forward in an ambiguous posture. September Morn was first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1912, Leon Mantashev acquired the painting by the end of 1913, it was taken to Russia, and in the aftermath of the October Revolution was feared lost. It resurfaced in 1935 in the collection of Calouste Gulbenkian, and after his death in 1955 was sold to a Philadelphia broker, who donated it anonymously to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1957. From 1913 on, reproductions of the painting caused controversy in the United States. It inspired songs, stage shows and films; eventually some 7 million reproductions were sold. Chabas never revealed the model's identity. He described the work as "all I know of painting", and responded positively to statements that it was his masterpiece.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 11 June
 * Main editors: Crisco 1492
 * Promoted: December 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: title fits well in September
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:13, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose as child pornography unsuitable for main page. Awien (talk) 17:32, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose - This article remains central to ongoing disruption of Wikipedia by an editor who has sock-puppeted and set up attack websites. We should not give that editor incentive to come back. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:13, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose - as per Chris; a particularly nasty ongoing situation. SagaciousPhil  - Chat 05:49, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Me too. - Dank (push to talk) 16:11, 1 August 2016 (UTC)