| (...) It was a beautiful spectacle the other morning to see André Dunoyer de Segonzac, in the rumor of the hammer blows which resounded in the Grand Palais, arranging this tall Renoir nude along the walls, this Gauguin full of mystery, and this Suzanne who sleeps perhaps only with one eye, while, by the nearby bay, eyeing a monk who looks very much like Girieud. (....)
This negress, rigid like a sphinx, lying on these leopards, Girieud (whom we saw a monk earlier) modeled her in this smooth paste like a sumptuous enamel. (...) |