Cartoon "Les emplois recherchés"
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2023.10.24.1.FA.GR.1902.FRAuthor:
Ferdinand BAC (French, Stuttgart 1859 - 1952 Compiègne)Description
Drawing in ink on cardboard, enhanced with pencil, representing a naked young woman, in her bathroom with her servant drying her feet. The young woman is wearing a widely open bathrobe revealing her naked body. His servant is kneeling to dry his feet. In the background, we see a wardrobe whose doors are decorated with wreaths of flowers in the Art Nouveau style, and on the side a sofa on top of which is a frame. The drawing is captioned "Jobs wanted" (Les emplois recherchés) and commented with a sentence: The lady: Are you happy with your place, Marie? The maid: Yes Madam, but I know people who would like it even more than me.The drawing was offered by BAC to Henri SAUTON in 1927
Materials
Ink on cardboardPencil
Origin
1902 FranceDimensions
Length : 24 cmHeight : 31 cm