Morphinomanes ou Le Plumet
Date1887
Artist
Paul Albert Besnard
(French painter and printmaker, 1849–1934)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 9 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (24.1 × 37.1 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/4 in. (31.1 × 42.5 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/4 in. (31.1 × 42.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.31
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn what is probably Besnard’s most famous etching, he drew inspiration from the geisha imagery of Japanese art. He presents two courtesans, who seem to emerge from their hallucinogenic haze, one staring audaciously at the viewer and fingering her feathery plume, one gazing fixedly at her companion.
