Gabrielle

Another bit of prose that works almost perfectly as a lyric.

7/2/1907, Tuesday (Paris)

(Harry Kessler Diary)

Visited Renoir with Vollard this afternoon in Montmartre, rue Caulaincourt...Renoir sat on a rolling chair and painted a long, life-size blond nude, a replica of the nude at Gallimard’s. His black-haired model Gabrielle, in a loose yellow calico blouse, cleaned his brushes afterward. He had her bring out a nude of her, as she lay on the sofa with her mature, rather round form...

Verse 1

Renoir sat on a rolling chair
And painted a life-size blonde
A replica of the nude at Gallimard’s
His black-haired Gabrielle
In a loose calico blouse

Verse 2

Had her bring out a nude of her
A painted life-size blonde
Paul lives close to the studio
He arrives before everyone else
His black-haired Gabrielle
In a loose calico blouse
 

This is probably the painting, Reclining Nude (La Source), c.1895, The Barnes Foundation

Also on 7/2:

7/2/1969

(Beatles Studio Diary)

Studio 2, Golden Slumbers. Paul lives close to the studio so he arrives before everyone else and works on Her Majesty.

Gabrielle (7-2-1907) by meta4s

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A short quartet ("Shortet"):

Gabrielle (Short Quartet) by meta4s