A click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Smaller enlargement can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry (yesterday).The Bezique Game is, as best I can tell, privately owned.A description, naming the participants, can be found here. Its Google translated caption:
The Bezique “card game that is played by two, three or four players with two, three or four thirty-two card games”, brings together around a table to the apartment on Boulevard Haussmann, brother and some friends of the artist.On the extreme left, Edouard Dessommes. Maurice Brault, the man with the monocle is attentive to the play of his opponent, Martial Caillebotte. This broker, whose family owns a property in Yerres, Rue de Concy, opposite that of Caillebotte, is from the Parisian haute bourgeoisie. To the right of the brother of the artist, André Cassabois posed for the painter from 1877. Standing, Richard Gallo became editor of Le Constitutionnel. Behind, on the couch, Paul Hugot fell asleep.It is at the 0:32 mark of this video showing many of the artist’s works (fullscreen is active)The artist’s Wikipedia page (Bing translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection (more under Subcategories at each level).Seventh work, by this artist,4 of which, so far, have also appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to appear here.
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
How the US REALLY got Louisiana.
GR6 about 10 years ago
“Full house, jacks high. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.”
orinoco womble about 10 years ago
That would be dawgs playin’ poker!
puddlesplatt about 10 years ago
one for you, and one for me, two for you, and one two for me, and three for you, and so forth.
SallyLin about 10 years ago
Looks like somebody already slapped Jack (in the background).
mabrndt Premium Member about 10 years ago
A click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Smaller enlargement can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry (yesterday).The Bezique Game is, as best I can tell, privately owned.A description, naming the participants, can be found here. Its Google translated caption:
The Bezique “card game that is played by two, three or four players with two, three or four thirty-two card games”, brings together around a table to the apartment on Boulevard Haussmann, brother and some friends of the artist.On the extreme left, Edouard Dessommes. Maurice Brault, the man with the monocle is attentive to the play of his opponent, Martial Caillebotte. This broker, whose family owns a property in Yerres, Rue de Concy, opposite that of Caillebotte, is from the Parisian haute bourgeoisie. To the right of the brother of the artist, André Cassabois posed for the painter from 1877. Standing, Richard Gallo became editor of Le Constitutionnel. Behind, on the couch, Paul Hugot fell asleep.It is at the 0:32 mark of this video showing many of the artist’s works (fullscreen is active)The artist’s Wikipedia page (Bing translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection (more under Subcategories at each level).Seventh work, by this artist,4 of which, so far, have also appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to appear here.StCleve72 about 10 years ago
High card has to assassinate Batista!
Helen Ferrieux about 10 years ago
The jury is still out .
mabrndt Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Another work by this artist can be found here.