The Origin of the World

Lacan, the last owner of CourbetOCOs The Origin of the World, loved the painting so much that he couldnOCOt even bring himself to look at it. Instead, he hid it behind a OC saferOCO painting.The Chinese called it the OC valley of the rosesOCO (watch out for the thorns!), the Persians, the OC honey-potOCO (watch out for the bees!), and the Greeks, OC the mound of VenusOCO (mind the steep climb!); to each era its fantasies and its theories about the feminine mystique. Then there are the testimonies of poets, painters, and even of some famous psychiatrists. The Origin of the World is a work of art only suitable for lovers of intrigue.