In the fine halls of the Musee d'Orsay are an infinite number of delightful works, but there was one in particular in one of the side rooms which I found particularly attractive- so much so that I wanted to disregard the no photography rule and snap some shots (although, at the end, I did not). What was even more humorous is that when I returned to look at it a little later on, there was someone with camera (phone) pressed close to the painting and I thought, how bold this person was. When I took some steps back, I realized that the person in question was the security guard for that particular room (or set of rooms). This is perhaps the first time that I have seen somebody who works in the atmosphere of the museum take any keen interest in the work itself, and, well, in this particular case (Chrysantemums in a Vase) by Henri Fantin-Latour (he whose work adorns the New Order cover as designed by Peter Saville), I couldn't well blame her.

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