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Dimensions: measurements 51 1/2 by 70 in. alternate measurements 131 by 178 cm
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Literature: J. Valmy-Baysse, Peintres d'aujourd'hui: Lucien Simon, sa vie, son oeuvre, Paris, 1910, illustrated
L. F. Aubert, Peintures et aquarelles de Lucien Simon, Paris, 1924, pp. 73-75, illustrated p. 51
J. Ducros, "Dire que l'on ose encore peindre", L'Art et la Mer, 1985, illustrated p. 22
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Notes: PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. WENDELL CHERRY
Lucien Simon is known mostly for his depictions of rural life in Brittany, where he settled in 1902. Mascarade is an important example of a picture from this period in his career: the woman in blue, Madame René Menard, modelled for the artist a number of times, and wears the same dress in Soirée dans l'atelier of 1904 (Cantor Collection, California). Mascarade must have been a favorite of the artist: he posed proudly for a photograph in his studio in front of the large canvas (Valmy-Baysse, illustrated p. 16). Simon was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1927, and was director of the Musée Jacquemart-André from 1937 to 1943.
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