Paris Days

The Fountain of the Four Bishops with church in the background, Place Saint-Sulpice

The Fountain of the Four Bishops in Paris's Place Saint-Sulpice, an important location in Nightwood, authored by Djuna Barnes.

 Porträt Madame Récamier.

Jacques-Louis David's portrait of Madame Récamier. 

In Creatures in an Alphabet, Barnes wrote:

The Seal, she lounges like a bride,
Much too docile, there's no doubt;
Madame Récamier, on side,
(if such she has), and bottom out.

 

                                                                  Barnes in Paris

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas