Paria le Soir: "Ah! par exemple! voilà qui est bizarre!...Ce matin j’ai fauit un noeud à ce lacet-là, et ce soir il y a une rosette!..."; no. 12 from the series "Paris le Soir"

Artist:

Paul Guillaume Sulpice Gavarni

Printer:

d'Aubert et Cie

Date:

ca. 1840

Location:

Not on display

Century:

19th Century AD

Media:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

19.7 x 15.7 cm (image); 35.9 x 23.9 cm (sheet)

Department:

Achenbach Foundation

Object Type:

Country:

France

Continent:

Europe

Exhibition History:

Elegant Distortions, DY Textile Study Gallery, 2/07-

Woman undressing, her dress around her knees, her undergarment still on. Man bends over behind her, trying to undo a lace (in her corset?). He remarks, "That's funny! This morning I made a knot in this lace, and tonight there's a bow!" Woman's face is inscrutable. (Virginia K. Anderson 01/05/94)

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Paria le Soir: "Ah! par exemple! voilà qui est bizarre!...Ce matin j’ai fauit un noeud à ce lacet-là, et ce soir il y a une rosette!..."; no. 12 from the series "Paris le Soir"

Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”