Anders Zorn, Swedish
Woman Reading the Bupkis Gazette, the Blank Newspaper for Illiterates, 1887
Oil on canvas
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2232 (6/28/19)
/// In his portrait of Emma Zorn, Reading,
the calm scene Anders paints is misleading.
Into News she’s receding
to ignore her man’s pleading
with his wife that he’d rather be breeding.
/// We might easily misdiagnose
why she holds the newspaper so close.
Is the type very small?
(Is there print there at all?)
Has myopia made her morose?
/// Anders’ wife, whom he loved and adored,
sat and posed when her husband implored.
And why did she choose
to be reading the news?
To avoid, for long hours, being bored.
/// There is text at the top to reveal
information some women conceal.
Above those white pages
it shows that her age is
twenty-seven. How old does she feel?