Art In Paris October 2015

So much great art to see on this trip and other than the marvelous exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay Splendor and Misery Prostitution, 1850~1910, my visits were limited to galleries. Here's a glimpse of the art I saw and soon to follow, a post of store fronts and window displays. Above, surreal artwork at the exceptional Caffe Stern in the passage Panorama off the Grand Boulevard.

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 Mirka Lugosi forest piece @ Galerie 24b group show

and below, elle meme

 Serena Carone Les Yeux @ Galerie 24b group show

 Caroline Sury cut paper piece ready to hang at the Arts Factory Galerie

Mirka Lugosi and Gilles Berquet in their studio and below, a 

life affirming piece by Mirka

 Gilles Berquet from Le Jeu series

 Musee d'Orsay prostitution exhibition (above) La Femme Violette [detail] 
1891 and (below) la chaise d'amour (fucking chair)

Nicole Canet Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour her must see photographs 

exhibition Maisons Closes and below, also on display, 

a room heater from La Chabanas, a notorious Parisian 

maison close, whore house circa 1900

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MARSEILLE Quartier Reserve: Guide to Prostitution 1915

The "Yellow Book" guide to the restricted quarter in Marseille filled with listings and details about les maisons closes (whorehouses) and including photos of ladies hooking on the street. Very rare, published circa 1915 for "tourists and visitors" to France's notorious southern seaport city.

Map of the area including a numbered guide to the whorehouses. 

A paper version of  google mags + a bit of trip advisor for the curious traveler.

Click here to see this book in my eBay store.

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