"Clelie, it is the second of my friends, Auguste -- Monsieur Pipuernal," said Theophile. "He is a poet, and by consequence always famished," "And never more so than at this moment," agreed Auguste heartily.

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"Clelie, it is the second of my friends, Auguste -- Monsieur Pipuernal," said Theophile. "He is a poet, and by consequence always famished," "And never more so than at this moment," agreed Auguste heartily.
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"Clelie, it is the second of my friends, Auguste -- Monsieur Pipuernal," said Theophile. "He is a poet, and by consequence always famished," "And never more so than at this moment," agreed Auguste heartily.

Date1929
Artist (American painter, 1893–1969)
Illustration Citation"That Affair in the Latin Quarter," by Forrest Wilson, in Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, June 1929
MediumWatercolor, gouache, and ink on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 11 × 19 3/8 in. (27.9 × 49.2 cm)
sheet: 12 1/8 × 20 1/2 in. (30.8 × 52.1 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1984
Object number1984-4
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThree struggling young artists compete for the attentions of a pragmatic artist's model, Clélie, who inspires them to do their best work.
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