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Eugène Decisy

Poem, "L'oeuvre"

Maker

Eugène Decisy (French, 1866-1936)
After Marcel Capy (French, 1865 - 1941)
Lucien Descaves (French, 1861 - 1949), poet
Société des aquafortistes français (French, founded 1885), publisher

Title

Poem, "L'oeuvre"
from the portfolio "Salon de 1887"

Year

1887

Medium

  • Etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching on paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 23.5 x 32.5 cm (9 1/4 x 12 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Printed, on sheet: L'OEUVRE / EAU-FORTE DE DECISY, D'APRÈS MARCEL CAPY / Jusqu'à ce blond matin d'extase et d'entre-songes, / Où cette fleur de chair se révèle à ses yeux, / Seuls, il vous connaissait, chromatiques mensonges / Du Beau salarié, des galbes copieux! / Il ne vous demandait qu'au ramas des modèles, / Inventoriés par des siècles de Beaux-Arts, / Poches de tablier des gorges infidèles, / Ovales macérant dans l'épais jus des fards! / Et voilà que, tombant de haut, comme une manne, / Un corps impollu s'offre à ses jeûnes de veuf; / Tel s'ouvre avec effort, en son vêtement neuf, / L'in-douze virginal, cher au bibliomane. / Mais les sens morts, imbu du concept capital / Par qui sa faculté créatrice est régie, / Il subit simplement l'indicible magie / De ce nu, qui n'est plus une viande d'étal! / Lucien DESCAVES / 12

Identification

Edition

edition of 40

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Donato Esposito

Object Number

2016.24.1a

Type

  • Prints

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Eugène Decisy (French, 1866-1936)
After Marcel Capy (French, 1865 - 1941)
Lucien Descaves (French, 1861 - 1949), poet
Société des aquafortistes français (French, founded 1885), publisher
Poem, "L'oeuvre"; from the portfolio "Salon de 1887", 1887
Etching on paper
Image/sheet: 23.5 x 32.5 cm (9 1/4 x 12 13/16 inches)
Gift of Donato Esposito 2016.24.1a

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