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Book Title: L'Origine: The secret life of the world's most erotic masterpiece by Lilianne Milgrom
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 255 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Girl Friday Books - a new imprint from Girl Friday Productions
Release Date: 2020 first edition. October 2021 re-released by Girl Friday Books
Content Rating: R. My book does not have bad language and only one descriptive sex scene, but the protagonist is a painting whose explicit depiction of a woman's lower torso and genitals has made it a controversial work of art for over a century and a half.
The riveting odyssey of one of the world's most scandalous works of art.
In 1866, maverick French artist Gustave Courbet painted one of the most iconic images in the history of art: a sexually explicit portrait of a woman's exposed genitals. Audaciously titled L'Origine du monde (The Origin of the World), the scandalous painting was kept hidden for a century and a half. Today, it hangs in the world-renowned Orsay Museum in Paris, viewed by millions of visitors a year.
As the first artist authorized by the Orsay Museum to re-create Courbet's The Origin of the World, author Lilianne Milgrom was thrust into the painting's intimate orbit, spending six weeks replicating every fold, crevice, and pubic hair. The experience inspired her to share her story and the painting's titillating, clandestine history. L'Origine is a tale of survival, replete with French revolutionaries, Turkish pashas and nefarious Nazi captains. Hold onto your berets for a riveting ride through history.
All of the above
Lilianne Milgrom
My husband’s favorite adage is “When faced with a fork in the road, take it!”. This is always followed by a chuckle because the phrase is both nonsensical yet profound. It doesn’t solve the riddle of which fork to take–it just commands you to take one or the other. In other words, jump in. You never know what’s awaiting you.
That’s exactly what happened to me ten years ago during an artist residency in Paris. I had six glorious weeks in which to pursue my creative passions. The only problem was that I didn’t have a set goal in mind, just a vague idea that I wanted to explore the subject of female sexuality and aging. What better place than Paris where women of all ages still have that je ne sais quoi?!
It was during a visit to the Orsay Museum that my whole world shifted. I encountered a shockingly daring painting by Gustave Courbet entitled L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the World). Courbet painted this unapologetic, realistic portrait of a woman’s exposed privates back in 1866, but it never lost any of its shock value and has remained controversial to this day.
To make a long story short, I became the first artist authorized by the museum to copy this iconic work and the rest is history. Returning home, I became obsessed with telling the world about the painting’s remarkable story of survival across centuries and continents. Ten years of research and writing resulted in my award-winning novel L’Origine: The secret life of the world’s most erotic masterpiece.
I often wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t decided to visit the Orsay Museum that day. What if I hadn’t spied that beautiful, controversial painting? What if I hadn’t had the courage to ask for permission to paint it? I took a chance on myself. I was willing to leave my comfort zone–and it’s the best decision I ever made. Now I can add ‘author’ alongside ‘artist’ beside my name.
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