Deux Nues

This fragment from studio notes: "Small Bonnard drawing that I found on line—an etching, used in one of the books. 'Deux Nues.' Forever a reminder—line and touch and smudge."

So elided in the French that at first I didn't recognize the word--nue. More rude in English--the pose as well? But with Bonnard all fluid line, a tentative retouching, built up around the edges--not so much patience as anticipation...a graceful eagerness. Also--always--a sense of the past, the possibility of an earlier time, era of myth--redolent gift. Every woman a goddess--each shop girl a saint...