Vrouw voor de etalage van uitgeverij Enoch Frères & Costallat te Parijs 1880 - 1895

Henri Gray created this print, *Vrouw voor de etalage van uitgeverij Enoch Frères & Costallat te Parijs,* using an engraving technique. The composition is structured around the rigid geometry of the shopfront and the soft form of a bourgeois woman and her poodle. This contrast between the hard lines of commerce and the curves of leisure creates a subtle tension, echoed in the tonal variations of the print itself. The posters in the shopfront, advertising musical works, are meticulously detailed, while the woman's figure is rendered with broader strokes, suggesting a hierarchy of importance in this urban tableau. Gray uses visual elements to destabilize established meanings, offering a commentary on the intersection of art, commerce, and society in the Parisian fin de siècle. The engraving technique, with its precise lines and tonal control, serves not only as a medium for representation but also as a means of engaging with broader cultural and philosophical discourses about modernity.