The Fireside

The Fireside

Through a glass darkly

Degas lets us see

women of the night

in a camera obscura

with his camera obscura

of monotype

The only light is

that of a lit fireplace

created

iPad style

with Edgar’s pudgy fingers

pushing dark ink around

just  … so

until the flame shaped blotch

becomes

once pressed to

white heavy laid paper

fire.

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Source:

http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/drawings_and_prints/the_fireside_edgar_degas/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=2363&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=9&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=9&OID=90027364&vT=1&hi=0&ov=0