Gustave Caillebotte, French
Edward Was Excited About His New Oak Pool Table, Though He Hadn’t Expected It To Arrive Unfinished, ca. 1875
Oil on canvas
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Artist info is pointed to in my comment at a prior blog entry.
/// He’d been Lucifer, “Bringer of Light,”
‘til Rebellion and steep downward flight.
He plays billiards. His goal?
Win your immortal soul.
But he cheats when you shoot, flashing bright.
>or <
/// This oil painting of billiards (pre-break)
has been hit by a piece of white cake.
An old wheel-chaired Gran,
(who was really a man),
aimed for Mona— hit this by mistake.
(Based upon a recent incident at the Louvre.)