Editing September Morn (section)

==Description==
[[File:1961 reproduction of September Morn.jpg|thumb|A 1961 reproduction of the painting, showing the dominance of grays]]
''September Morn'' depicts, from an oblique point of view, a naked blonde girl or young woman standing ankle-deep in the water near the shoreline of a tranquil lake surrounded by hills. The figure is backlit by the morning sun, but fully visible, if a little darker than her surroundings.{{sfn|Tr.L|1912|p=465}}{{sfn|The Nineteenth Century and After|p=1207}} Her arms are folded about her body, her right arm passing below her breasts as she grasps her left elbow, while her left arm conceals her pubic area.{{efn|The pose assumed by the model in ''September Morn'' is similar to the one taken by the model of ''[[:File:Au crépuscule, Chabas (colour reproduction).jpg|Au crépuscule]]'' (''At Twilight''), a painting Chabas completed in {{circa}}&nbsp;1905 {{harv|Musée d'Orsay, Au crépuscule}}, which was acquired by the [[Musée du Luxembourg]] in 1909 {{harv|Valmy-Baysse|1910|p=10}}. A 1913 ''[[Milwaukee Sentinel]]'' article described the only difference being that the girl in ''Au crépuscule'' had long, straight hair, and that she clasped her right elbow with her left hand {{harv|The Milwaukee Sentinel 1913}}.}}{{sfn|Brauer|2011|p=136}} This pose has been variously interpreted as the subject protecting herself from the cold,{{sfn|Tr.L|1912|p=465}} covering her modesty,{{sfn|San Francisco Call 1913}} or [[sponge bath]]ing,{{Sfn|Shteir|2004|p=59}} or as the artist's "fetishisation of innocence".{{sfn|Brauer|2011|p=122}}

Reviews in 1912 noted that the painting was dominated by grays: those of her shaded body, the blue-grays of the September water, the green-grays of the sky, and the pink-grays of the hills behind her.{{sfn|Tr.L|1912|p=465}}{{sfn|Pattison|1913|p=243}} The art critic François Thiébault-Sisson described this as evoking the morning, the young subject preparing to bathe while "light grey vapours are still floating over the lake".<ref name="Sisson"/> This [[oil painting]] on canvas measures {{convert|163.8|by|216.5|cm}},{{sfn|MET, September Morn}} and Chabas's signature is located in the lower left.{{sfn|Sterling|Salinger|1966|pp=222–223}}