a heist of the original dap, and others
a musée d'Orsay raid
I ransacked some classics because I care about you market goers so much. Just promise you won’t tell. The authorities will never look in Oceanside so long as we keep it hush.
Christian Krohg (1852-1925)
Above is the original dap, one of my favorites from Krohg collection at Orsay. After learning a little about him, this painting felt like a peek show into who he was—a very organic, non-GMO man. I had to have it—look how he frames the dapper with his booty out of the picture. The critics said what a novice mistake and labeled him an amateur. And Krohg said don’t care. He knew it had some mystery and honesty and kept his hand up, waiting for somebody to understand and give him the first dap ever.
Here’s (below) another one of his elongated booty pics. He also messed with a bunch of other different art forms because he did not care about what flea market bin you tossed him in. Anyways, hope this is worth the short peruse. You can go for a further snoop, for a dap from beyond the grave.
Paul Gaugin (1848-1903)
I also stole this Paul Gauguin piece (below) for your lusty eyes. It’s called the white horse even though the horse is green and the other horse is red and the other horse is dark grey and I might be color blind. Gauguin, I think, is my favorite post-impressionist (at least when I am in the mood to heist).
It’s a great nice painted flat box that I think would look really tie your living room together. It will let your guests know that you travel, that you’re exotic (even though you know not so deep down the subtle secret that no matter how close you get, you will never understand a local (so might as well paint them however exotically you see them in your head).
Here is a nice video on Gauguin if you want to know more about him/if you want to fall asleep on a desk.
Anyway, let me know if you're interested in any of these. Hope to see you around the market soon. I also stole other pieces, like this quick grab-and-dash old advert that used to flap around in Paris around a century ago. Let me know if you want more heists. More to come soon, ily
