Pote aux roses (small version)

This collage is a small version of another one on the same wall, now gone.

It's part of the “Au Pied de la Lettre” (To the letter) series begun by Les Murs ont des Oreilles in the fall of 2020.
The expression “Pote aux roses” is deliberately written with pote instead of pot. It plays on the well-known expression “Pot aux roses,” which means “to uncover a secret” or “to reveal what was hidden.”
By replacing pot (jar) with pote, a colloquial word meaning “friend” (female friend), the artist creates a double meaning.

The collage illustrates this wordplay through the painting Faustine Léo, created in 1842 by the painter Henri Lehmann and exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The artist reversed the original painting and added a bouquet of roses in the girl's hands, visually reinforcing the pun.