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Arthur looks bored; I look like I am a prop
Image Not Available for Arthur looks bored; I look like I am a prop

Arthur looks bored; I look like I am a prop

PortfolioFrom the series "Rich and Poor"
Date1981, printed 1984
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 355 x 278 mm. (14 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object number1998.199
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for The inconvenience of having his hair curled. Oh blast.... look here, watch out... you are burning me.... I am meeting someone, and I want you to make me look good... but in order to declare my burning passion, I don't need to smell scorched!
The inconvenience of having his hair curled. Oh blast.... look here, watch out... you are burning me.... I am meeting someone, and I want you to make me look good... but in order to declare my burning passion, I don't need to smell scorched!
1844
Image Not Available for What's my fatherland to me? that’s like the sole of my boots... well, looks like I’ll soon be stateless…
What's my fatherland to me? that’s like the sole of my boots... well, looks like I’ll soon be stateless…
1842
Image Not Available for My dear friend, you really don't look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you.... better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I'll apply another sixty.
My dear friend, you really don't look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you.... better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I'll apply another sixty.
1845
Image Not Available for Porcelain Collectors. - Come on, Adelaide.... be reasonable... it's already one o'clock and time to go to bed! - Adolphe, leave me alone... I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer... the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.
Porcelain Collectors. - Come on, Adelaide.... be reasonable... it's already one o'clock and time to go to bed! - Adolphe, leave me alone... I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer... the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.
1855
Image Not Available for To imagine that next year I will be exhibited and that everybody in Paris will see me... its is kind of flattering, isn't it Dear? - I'm just unhappy that you won't be wearing your neck-tie... it looks a bit sloppy... if there is still some time, why don't you ask the sculptor to add on your stand-up collar.
To imagine that next year I will be exhibited and that everybody in Paris will see me... its is kind of flattering, isn't it Dear? - I'm just unhappy that you won't be wearing your neck-tie... it looks a bit sloppy... if there is still some time, why don't you ask the sculptor to add on your stand-up collar.
1859
Image Not Available for The entrance into life. At last!.... there is one who really looks like me!
The entrance into life. At last!.... there is one who really looks like me!
1843
Image Not Available for When I look at this picture I feel alone
When I look at this picture I feel alone
1979, printed 1984
Image Not Available for When I look at this picture I feel alone
When I look at this picture I feel alone
1979, printed 1984
Image Not Available for Look at me...I have nothing to hide
Look at me...I have nothing to hide
1983, printed 1984
Image Not Available for We look like weatherbeaten survivors
We look like weatherbeaten survivors
1983, printed 1984
Image Not Available for I say to myself: would anybody imagine that we are coming from the Rue des Lombards?... We really don't look like confectioners at all.
I say to myself: would anybody imagine that we are coming from the Rue des Lombards?... We really don't look like confectioners at all.
1839
Image Not Available for Monsieur Arthur: - Oh Pamela! I am burning with love for you! The husband herbalist: - A mallow... of the family of Malvaceae... a sedative... I don't believe my friend Arthur has this specimen in the herbarium he asked me to build for him.
Monsieur Arthur: - Oh Pamela! I am burning with love for you! The husband herbalist: - A mallow... of the family of Malvaceae... a sedative... I don't believe my friend Arthur has this specimen in the herbarium he asked me to build for him.
1851