Mag 163 - Morning Bath

Degas - Woman With a Towel

Morning Bath

You said “Stop!”

And I, a coquette,

Languished

I murmured, “What?”

And you, a rogue,

Smiled

You chuckled.

And I, a vixen,

Ran …

Degas' bathing women can inspire a sense of stolid domesticity, but this model's round beauty and arched pose brings to mind a tease show or a playful attitude.  I so wish that she would peek back at the artist so that her facial expression could finish the flirtation.  

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