20 June 2013

de la Tour & Balenciaga

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Jayne Wrightsman, in front "The Penitent Magdalen" by Georges de la Tour from the Wrightsman art collection, wearing a pink Balenciaga deshabille with white sleeves and white jeweled buttons.





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7 comments:

  1. Perfect post, Gaye. Guess decorators are like artists. They notice things most do not.

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  2. well, he was Basque you know.
    Nothing more to say...
    B

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  3. True! "decorators" are artists! (just in a different medium)!

    What a lovely post! what an eye Mrs. Wrightsman has! (I think she is still with us"!!) Sheesh......what an "eye"!!!!

    Thank you for this!!

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  4. I have always loved this photo and this dress. Love Jayne Wrightsman's style and of course, her collecting and generosity.

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  5. So many marvelous things in this post -themes and symbology of the vanitas, the mirror in de la Tour reflecting a candle -symbols of spirituality. The coat by Balenciaga has its own connection to the ecclesiastic robes depicted by Zuberan -and the portrait of Wrightsman has its own austere monumentality, in its way, an expression of the power of taste -the inclusion of the suggestion of the door at the right adding to the composition -a bit like a royal or apostolic personage at the end of the enfilade. I have been enjoying all of your posts I have missed -each one intrigues.

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