I saw that exhibit - it was really eye-opening to see how many times he had copied that same picture. And all the copies were not there in the exhibit!
The original, done from life, was exhibited, as I recall. It was lifesized and "unfinished", that is, just the heads and shoulders with nothing for a background, just toned canvas. At least, that's my memory of it. And it was loads better than the copies he made later (in my opinion).
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