baigneuse

Alone one becomes acutely aware of the hollow clack of pétanque balls in a park; the patina of Maillol’s bronze “Baigneuse se Coiffant” that makes her look wet even on a cloudless day in the Tuileries; how each of the empty wine bottles beside sidewalk recycling bins is the embodiment of someone’s good time.

Worth dressed her, and L�on Cugnot took her as the model of his statue, "La Baigneuse."

Centerpiece of the show: a fine Renoir, Baigneuse au Griffon, a nude against a background of muted brown.

"Caleçons de veau à la baigneuse?"

His picture, "La Baigneuse," was simply derided by the critics; there was no drawing, no modelling.