Artwork Title: Perfume

Perfume, 1890

Carl Gutherz

In this piece, Gutherz transfigures the sense of smell into the image of a young naked nymph, all pink and white but discreetly wreathed in gauze, drifting above a heap of blossoms while butterflies flutter about her. This work of sugary folderol certainly trips on my cloying sentimental threshold, but however we may roll our eyes, it reflects an attitude of mythological malarkey that prevailed in late 19th Century Symbolist circles. I suppose we can — while shuddering — forgive it. [http://archive.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/arts/visual/art-review-memphis-brooks-museum-of-art-plumbs-collection-for-diverse-looking-at-women-ep-831008474-324101281.html]
Uploaded on Jan 27, 2018 by Suzan Hamer

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