Buste & Bouquet Pet portrait inviting the viewer into the

inviting the viewer into the subject's introspective world

Orlias and dated 1857

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She lies in comfort surrounded by her art and objects

Materials: Oil on carton

Buste & Bouquet Pet portrait inviting the viewer into the20th century oil on canvas signed Robert Simon (18891961), dated 1931 on the reverse. The painting also bears the artists studio stamp and Paris atelier address. This intimate still life captures a corner of an artists atelier. A marble or plaster bust rests against patterned fabrics, while a vivid bouquet in a porcelain vase brings warmth and focus to the foreground. The cool tones of the background create a quiet contrast to the colorful, sunlit