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"Cotton Merchants in New Orleans (Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas) , 1929.90,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299832.
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Three light-skinned men stand in a bright room around an elevated display of raw cotton. A man wearing a dark suit and black top hat stands behind the display, looking down with both hands in the cotton. Behind him is a mirror, which reflects the back of his head. To his right, a bearded man, depicted in profile wearing a tan suit and straw colored hat, looks down at a billowy white mass in his hands. The profile of a third man is barely visible, obscured by a wall in the foreground. On that wall is a partially visible seaside landscape painting.