Editing September Morn (section)

==Creation; identity of model==
Chabas began work on ''September Morn'' in mid-1910 at [[Talloires]] on the shores of [[Lake Annecy]] in [[Haute-Savoie]], some {{convert|500|km|round=each}} south-east of Paris.{{sfn|Monfried|1971|p=9}}{{sfn|The Gazette and Daily 1937}}{{sfn|Porter|Prince|2004|p=452}} The model, whom he never identified but referred to as "Marthe", was well known to his family. Owing to the financial situation of the sixteen-year-old's family, "Marthe" had to work to support her mother.{{sfn|The Indiana Gazette 1933}} On the first day of painting, "Marthe" entered the morning water and instinctively recoiled at its chilliness. Chabas approved of this pose, saying that it was "perfect". Over the course of two summers he worked on the painting, half an hour every morning. The work was completed on a September morning in 1911,{{efn|Some sources erroneously give 1912 (such as {{harvnb|Time 1957}}); this would have been impossible, as the painting was displayed at the Salon in May 1912.}} giving the painting its name.{{sfn|Monfried|1971|p=9}} In 1935, responding to claims that "Marthe" was living in poverty, Chabas explained that she had continued posing for him until she was 28, when she married a rich industrialist, and that she was now aged 41, plump, and had three children.{{sfn|The San Bernardino County Sun 1935}}{{sfn|Time 1935}}

Numerous women have claimed or been claimed to be the model, some presenting different versions of events. In 1913, a Miss Louise Buckley, performing in [[Eugene, Oregon]], said that she had been paid $1,000{{efn|${{Inflation|US|1000|1911|fmt=c}} today.{{Inflation-fn|US}}}} and posed in the artist's studio.{{sfn|Daily Guard 1913}} The Paris-based artist Jules Pages, meanwhile, stated that the woman depicted in ''September Morn'' had been a  25-year-old of good character who earned her living as an artist's model, but had gone into hiding after the controversy over the painting.{{sfn|The Oregon Daily Journal 1913, 'September Morn'}} Other claimants included a Swedish model named Gloria{{sfn|The Milwaukee Journal 1921}} and a [[Variety show|variety]] actress named Irene Shannon;{{sfn|The Pittsburgh Press 1913, 'September Morn'}} the latter made the claim in the lead-up to a [[vaudeville]] skit called "November Mourning".{{sfn|The Leavenworth Times 1913}}

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In 1937, twenty-four years after ''September Morn'' caused controversy in the United States, the Parisian hostess Suzanne Delve declared that she had been the model. In her account, Chabas&nbsp;– who had known her since she was an infant&nbsp;– had her pose nude in his studio and later painted Lake Annecy in her absence. Delve described her nervousness at the first session, her mother chatting to her to distract her mind while Chabas's wife played soothing music on the piano. She said she took her pose "instinctively" and that the controversy over the painting had ruined her life, as no Frenchman would want to marry a woman marred by scandal.{{sfn|Salt Lake Tribune 1937}}

Yet another version is presented by the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (the Met) in their 1966 catalogue of French holdings, including ''September Morn''. According to this telling, Chabas completed the painting over three summers at Lake Annecy, though his peasant model served only as the basis for the figure's body. The head was based on a sketch of a young American, Julie Phillips, which Chabas had completed upon observing her and her mother dining in Paris; finding her profile to his liking, he silently drew her, then introduced himself and "apologized for his presumption".{{sfn|Sterling|Salinger|1966|pp=222–223}}