Manet portrait under export ban
Arts minister Ed Vaizey defers export decision on “outstanding” but unfinished Fanny Claus portrait last exhibited in 1883, the Guradian said.
An outstanding, unfinished Édouard Manet portrait of a woman sitting sedately on a balcony has had a temporary export bar placed on it by the government in the hope that someone will raise £28m to keep the painting in the UK.
Ed Vaizey, the arts minister, deferred the export decision until February at the earliest to allow an individual or institution to raise the required sum, which is a high figure by any standard and exceeds the present auction record for the artist.