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AN HENRI GERVEX FOR TODAY

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Lloydville

This painting was refused admission to the Salon of 1878 on the grounds of indecency — quite rightly, I think.  Degas had convinced his friend Gervex to show the lady's discarded corset on the chair beside her, which didn't help.

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