Aleksander Lesser, Russian-Polish
“You Can Turn Back Around Now, Greg. The Coast Is Clear. Sorry — I Totally Forgot My Grandmother and Her Bridge Group Were Stopping By,” 1837
Oil on canvas
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Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here (Google translated), here, and here (Google translated), perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Polish Wikipedia page has more).
/// This painting’s been called “Male Nude Lying,”
and, away from our gaze the guy’s shying.
Painter Lesser’s bold eyeing
seemed like peeping or spying,
so he shrank from what that was implying.
/// He’s displaying the soles of his feet,
and he moons us by showing his seat.
Just one of those cuties
who’s proud of his glutes,*
but he won’t turn around; (he’s discreet).
*(Yeah, I thought it was pronounced “gloots,” but apparently not.)