I think everyone in this picture has a role. The two guys in the back are workmen doing
some sort of finishing. The guy staring at the model's ass is probably the supervising artist.
I can't decide if the guy at lower left is the fluffer or the model's boyfriend. I suppose he
could be both, though. And the model is giving us a knowing look.
I think Lower Left looks a little pouty, like he's thinking, "How come he gets to be naked, and not me?"
ReplyDeleteHe does indeed look pouty.
Delete"Yes, Mother, but it's all entirely Platonic."
ReplyDeleteYeah, just like Sheridan Bucket and his roommate Tarquin.
DeleteIt is the Monument to the Dead in the Parisian Père-Lachaise Cemetery, the work of the sculptor Albert Bartholomé, in whose studio the photograph was taken between 1895 and 1899.
ReplyDeleteThat's very interesting, even historic. Thanks for commenting!
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