Location de Pianos. ca. 1905.

ARTIST: JULES-ALEXANDRE GRÜN (1868-1938) SIZE: 16 x 23 1/2 in./40.6 x 59.7 cm PRINTER: Imp. Ch. Verneau, Paris DESCRIPTION: “Trouville, like its rival-neighbor Deauville, was one of the chic resorts where the Paris crowd spent the summer season—enough so to justify the presence of a piano rental company to outfit musical evenings. The soirée drawn by Grün seems to be especially merry with a radiant lady seated at the piano (maybe his wife) since Grün includes himself (recognizable by his baldness) emerging from the black background. Sem the artist, illustrator of the Deauville society is next to him. The attendance of the young black boy, well liked by Grün in his posters... seems a bit odd in such surroundings” (Grün, p. 113). (Art Nouveau; Music)