Lilas Blanc or The Countess
The sitter is shown wearing a corsage of white lilac. The bust was exhibited at the Salon of the ‘Union des femmes peintres et sculpteurs’ in 1891, with the accompanying poem:
Se peut-il qu’un regard aussi plein de tendresse
Soit ici bas?
C’est un parfum léger, qui vous prend,
vous caresse,
Rose et blanc lilas.
Could there be a look more filled with tenderness,
here on Earth below?
It is a light scent that takes hold of you,
caresses you,
Pink and white lilac