Le grand bain
“Usually my figures look elsewhere. Here they all turned towards me at the same moment, and I let them. Their legs are in the water up to the calves, and …
€2,400 — Le Yack
“Usually my figures look elsewhere. Here they all turned towards me at the same moment, and I let them. Their legs are in the water up to the calves, and that is all they have done so far. The rest lies ahead of them, and the title says it for them: le grand bain, the deep end, is something you talk about for a long time before you go in. I was after the line. Six swimsuits, six colours, one straight row on the edge of the pool, and the only thing that moves in the canvas is the water, which cuts their legs apart and sticks them back together askew. I do not know what they are waiting for: someone, a signal, or simply courage. I made the sky very pale so there would be nothing else to look …
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