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A woman in a long red gown stops at the foot of a marble staircase, beneath a large gilded chandelier, guests in evening dress behind her.

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Le Yack · 2026 · oil on canvas · 60 × 80 cm

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“She has stopped on a step and I still do not know why. Perhaps someone called her. Perhaps she wanted one last look at the room she is leaving. That is the only thing I was after here: the moment when someone has already gone without being gone yet. The train, though, stays behind, spread across the steps she has just come down. That detail kept me busy longer than the faces. The rest lies in the light. Behind her, the chandelier warms the panelling and the shoulders: the evening goes on without missing a beat. In front of her, the marble is grey, and it goes down. Red is the only colour that crosses from one side to the other. The guests watch, no one moves. That is why I painted the second group coming up: the party does not stop because a woman leaves.”

— Le Yack

A woman in a long red gown stops still on the marble staircase of a grand hall, her train spread across the steps, turned towards the viewer. Behind her, a dozen guests in evening dress beneath a broad chandelier; on the right, a copper banister and a second group coming up. Pearl grey, the ochre-brown of the panelling, the black of the dinner jackets: the red stands alone among them. Signed and dated 2026 lower right.

Technique
oil on canvas
Size
60 × 80 cm
Year
2026
Signature
signed by the artist, titled and dated on the back
Support
pure linen canvas
Finish
protective matt varnish
Condition
original work, one of a kind
Detail of the woman in the red satin gown, her train spread across the marble steps, a pearl bracelet on her wrist.
Detail of the woman in the red satin gown, her train spread across the marble steps, a pearl bracelet on her wrist.
Detail of the guests at the top of the stairs: black dinner jackets, emerald green and pink gowns, a wall light glowing on the panelling.
Detail of the guests at the top of the stairs: black dinner jackets, emerald green and pink gowns, a wall light glowing on the panelling.
Close detail of the five-bulb wall light, the copper banister and the carved balusters of the staircase.
Close detail of the five-bulb wall light, the copper banister and the carved balusters of the staircase.
The painting in a black frame presides over a walnut sideboard with a record player, a mushroom lamp and a plant, against an earth-toned wall.
The painting in a black frame presides over a walnut sideboard with a record player, a mushroom lamp and a plant, against an earth-toned wall.

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Alexandre Pelletier, known as Le Yack, paints in oil in Orléans. A Fine Arts graduate, he spent nearly thirty years composing images as an art director before returning to the canvas.

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