{"product_id":"bouchers-four-seasons-xavier-f-salomon-9781913875732","title":"Boucher's Four Seasons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new volume in the Frick Diptych series features an illuminating essay by Frick deputy director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon paired with a images of a new work created for the occasion by Flora Yukhnovich, along with a short text by the artist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFran?ois Boucher (1703-1770) made the four paintings known as the \u003ci\u003eFour Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e in 1755 for Madame De Pompadour, King Louis XV's long-term official mistress. Their original location is unknown, but their unusual shape suggests that they were used as overdoors, no doubt in one of Pompadour's many properties in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn place of the labors that traditionally illustrate the theme of the four seasons, Boucher depicts delightful amorous encounters in joyous colors. In \u003ci\u003eSpring\u003c\/i\u003e, a youth, set in an enchanting pastoral setting, adorns his lover's hair with flowers. A group of voluptuous bathing nudes represents \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e, a young man offers a bunch of grapes to his fashionable beloved. Perhaps the most beguiling of all is \u003ci\u003eWinter\u003c\/i\u003e, which reflects the eighteenth-century European fascination with Russia. A Tartar in pseudo-Russian dress pushes the heroine on an elaborate sleigh. This combination of luxury and seduction--all treated in a fanciful, even humorous manner--is typical of Boucher.\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanying the Boucher paintings are images of Flora Yuknovich's contribution, an extraordinary cycle of paintings inspired by Boucher's \u003ci\u003eFour Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e, to be displayed at the Frick, in a space on the first floor, occupied between 1935 and 2020 by the Boucher Room.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xavier F. Salomon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913875733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913875732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Xavier F. Salomon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46881145553151,"sku":"9781913875732","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_318bcdc9-d6e3-4a14-b485-e11a49884be2.jpg?v=1747970813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bouchers-four-seasons-xavier-f-salomon-9781913875732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}