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How Édouard Manet's Black Cat Became a Symbol of Modernity

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How Édouard Manet's Black Cat Became a Symbol of Modernity
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Long associated with witchcraft and bad luck, the black feline became an emblem of artistic rebellion and urban life in 19th-century Paris.

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