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Ivor Braka, a London dealer, bought Severini’s pastel from 1912-13, “Etude pour Autoportrait au Canotier,” for $4.7 million, more than three times its $1.5 million estimate.

They respected him because he was the best canotier on the river; a better even than his malformed brother Bateese, now with the army.

Hard at work, stand hundreds of strong and bare armed women, who scrub and wring their linen, while they sing and reply to the banter of passing bargee or canotier.

Qui dit canot dit canotier—a glance will assure you that she did not beach herself in that position, above high-water mark, still less furl her own sail and stow it.

Perhaps before sundown some canotier may find her floating far in the bay,—drifting upon her face in a thousand feet of water,—with faithful dead hands still holding fast the property of her employer.