Jeanne

Artist Alfred Maurer (1868 - 1932)

Dateca. 1904

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions74 3/4 × 39 3/8 in. (189.9 × 100 cm)
Framed: 84 1/2 in. × 49 1/2 in. × 4 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Signedl.r.: Alfred H. Maurer

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Label TextAlfred Maurer’s painting of French model Jeanne Blazy challenged traditional portraiture and social conventions of the time. Rendered in a full-length format popular in high society, Jeanne pokes fun at the more graceful figures typically seen in European and American paintings. Dressed and accessorized in garments from Maurer’s costume trunk, she dons a dramatic feather boa and large straw hat decorated with a stuffed white bird. Jeanne’s over-the-shoulder glance adds to her unconventional attitude and the cigarette in her hand underscores her daring disposition.

Esta pintura de Alfred Maurer de la modelo francesa Jeanne Blazy cuestionó el retrato tradicional y las convenciones sociales de la época. Representada en un formato de longitud total, popular en la alta sociedad, Jeanne se burla de las figuras mas refinadas típicamente vistas en las pinturas europeas y americanas. Vestida y decorada con prendas del baúl de disfraces de Maurer, Jeanne luce una dramática boa de plumas y un gran sombrero de paja decorado con un pájaro blanco relleno. La mirada de Jeanne, sobre el hombro, le suma a su actitud poco convencional y el cigarrillo en la mano subraya su disposición atrevida.