Editing September Morn (section)

===Paris Salon and first sale===
Chabas first exhibited ''September Morn'' in the Paris Salon of April 14 to June 30, 1912.{{sfn|MET, September Morn}} Because he did not plan to sell it, he gave a price of 50,000 francs ($10,000{{efn|${{Inflation|US|10000|1913|fmt=c}} today.{{Inflation-fn|US}}}})&nbsp;– more than he expected anybody to pay.{{sfn|The San Bernardino County Sun 1935}}{{sfn|Oakland Tribune 1914}} For the painting, and his ''Portrait of Mme. Aston Knight'', Chabas won a Medal of Honor, receiving 220 of 359 possible votes.{{sfn|The International Studio 1912|p=223}} At the Salon, the painting was uncontroversial,{{sfn|Green|Karolides|2009|p=506}}{{sfn|Pattison|1913|p=244}} and it was soon reprinted in American publications such as ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]''{{sfn|Green|Karolides|2009|p=506}} and ''[[The Studio (magazine)|The International Studio]]''.{{sfn|Frantz|1912|p=107}}

Sources are unclear as to the painting's provenance after the Salon. According to the Met, the New York-based Philip (or Philippe) Ortiz, manager of the New York Branch of Braun and Company, purchased it in late 1912.{{sfn|MET, September Morn}}{{sfn|The Sun 1913, Nude Maid}} According to a 1933 report in the ''[[Times Herald-Record|Middletown Times Herald]]'', he paid 12,000 francs ($2,400{{efn|${{Inflation|US|2400|1913|fmt=c}}.{{Inflation-fn|US}}}}) for the work, but never brought the painting back to the United States.{{sfn|Middletown Times Herald 1933}} However, Brauer suggests that Ortiz sent it to his gallery in New York, where it caused [[#New York|a controversy]].{{efn|This is also corroborated by a 1935 ''Time'' piece {{harv|Time 1935}}.}}{{sfn|Brauer|2011|pp=123–124}} According to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', the painting was acquired by {{ill|Leon Mantashev|ru|Манташев, Левон Александрович}} {{circa}}&nbsp;1913, after the painting was returned to Chabas.{{sfn|Time 1957}}

A 1935 article in the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', meanwhile, stated that the original ''September Morn'' had yet to go to the United States, and that Chabas had sold it directly to Mantashev.{{sfn|The Montreal Gazette 1935}} According to Chabas, this was after an American approached him to purchase the painting, but was unwilling to pay the asking price.{{sfn|Oakland Tribune 1914}} In her memoirs, ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' editor [[Edna Woolman Chase]] recounted how Ortiz had arranged for numerous reproductions to be made and sent to New York, and that&nbsp;– although he had been interested in acquiring the original&nbsp;– he had been unable to do so.{{Sfn|Chase|Chase|1954|p=64}} Although it is possible that the original did not cross the Atlantic by 1913, it is clear that reproductions did.{{sfn|The Montreal Gazette 1935}}