Painting by Wagner in the Window of the Galerie Romi, Rue de Seine, Paris

Painting by Wagner in the Window of the Galerie Romi, Rue de Seine, Paris 

ガレリア・ロミのショーウィンドーの中のワグナーの絵、セーヌ通り、パリ

Artist
DOISNEAU, Robert
ドワノー、ロベール
Birth Year
1912
Death Year
1994
Date
1948 
Technique, Material, Format
gelatin silver print 
Dimension
24.3 x 32.5 cm 
Category
Photograph or Moving Image by ForeignPhotographer/Artist 
Inventory Number
82-PHF-169 

The show window of a certain art gallery. A woman outside talks to a man as she looks at a painting that is facing the street. You can just hear saying to her companion, “Isn’t this a nice painting?" And yet the distracted man is looking at a completely different work on the left of the photograph, which depicts a naked woman. Imagine you were standing inside the gallery at this moment, spying on the pair. Would you chuckle involuntarily? Or, would the thought of laughing alongside the photographer at a woman being ignored because of a nude make you feel a little uncomfortable?
(KURAYA Mika)

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