Frame the moment: Louis Vuitton store has an art show inside. Matthew McDermott, Franck Raux, courtesy of Louis Vuitton

Now this is big-picture thinking.

The Fondation Louis Vuitton unveils today an exceptional exhibit of two French Impressionist masterpieces at its New York flagship. On loan from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, respectively, Gustave Caillebotte’s Boating Party (circa 1877-1878) and Young Man at His Window (1876) depict 19th-century masculine life.

Boating Party , designated a “National Treasure” of France in 2020 by the Ministry of Culture, is considered to be one of Caillebotte’s greatest works. The canvas made its debut at the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition in Paris in 1879.

The Musée d’Orsay acquired the oil painting

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