Dans l’antichambre; histoire d’une minute Pl.03
1905
Edgar Chahine captures the universal boredom of waiting in this scratchy, energetic scene of a Parisian waiting room. A man in a heavy coat and hat leans over a counter to chat with a clerk, while another figure in the foreground slumps in his chair, head in hand, clearly tired of the delay. Chahine was a master of drypoint etching, and his loose, expressive lines perfectly convey the fleeting, mundane moments of early 20th-century city life. This piece is part of a series called 'Dans l’antichambre' (In the Waiting Room), published in 1905, which humorously documents the awkward pauses of daily bureaucracy.
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