Kurt Peiser and the Marolles

Kurt Peiser drew the men and women he met in the taverns along the Rue Haute. In the 1920s he walked the Marolles again and again, etching its narrow streets, its busy cul-de-sacs and the people living in the shadow of the Palace of Justice, back when that shadow didn't include scaffolding.

You climb to one room on the first floor, the Parenthesis Space, for around thirty etchings and drawings. They come from 79 works the museum bought in 2025. Its stated view is that Peiser refused sentimental misery and drew his neighbours' dignity instead. This is the room's last show before it is refurbished.

No reviews have appeared yet, so that is the museum's account. Entry is included in the museum ticket and booking is recommended. The room is reached by stairs only. Buch Edition's trilingual companion book runs to 144 pages in 300 copies, at €45.