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l’Heure du Berger (The Favorable Moment for a Lover), from L’Estampe moderne

Hans Christansen

Artwork Details

l’Heure du Berger (The Favorable Moment for a Lover), from L’Estampe moderne
1898
Hans Christansen
color lithograph on paper
16 x 12 in. (40.64 x 30.48 cm);13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (34.92 x 22.23 cm);22 x 18 in. (55.88 x 45.72 cm)
Museum Purchase
1973/2.7

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This representation of a nude in a garden setting bears the hallmarks of the Art Nouveau style—sinuous line, flattened form, and a decorative surface. The title translates literally as "the swain's hour" or more fluently as "the favorable moment for a lover." In the journal L'Estampe moderne the print was accompanied by a poem by the Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine about the moment when twilight becomes night.

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