Ah, damsels and couches. Name a better duo -- I'll wait. This is one of the most cherished traditions of the fine arts academy, from the renaissance to impressionists, to contemporary portrait artists. Chaise lounges, cabrioles, settees, and sectionals. The favorite fine art figure needs an equally [sofa]sticated seat, right?
Berthe Merisot, Young Women Seated on a Sofa, 1879, Oil on Canvas.
Alfred Emile Stevens, Girl in a White Dress Resting on a Sofa, Unknown Date, Oil on Canvas.
Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878, Oil on Canvas.
“I don’t have any fixed ideas: my brain is empty, like the inside of a basketball, and I have to go find them.” Michael Heizer
