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<p>This large print, based on a painting by Fragonard, symbolizes the pleasure-seeking and frivolous aspects of Rococo art. Unbeknownst to the man pushing the swing, a suitor reclining in the bushes gets a glimpse under the woman's skirts as she flies through the air, losing her shoe. Contemporary viewers would have understood the association of the lost shoe with sexual dalliance, a motif reinforced by other elements within the image-such as the cavorting nude figures on the base of the statue of a cupid who gestures "hush."  
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Delaunay's work is extremely successful in translating the qualities of a painting into the more restricted vocabulary of graphic techniques. He masterfully transposed Fragonard's charming composition, retaining all of the movement and verve of the oil. Using a rich variety of hatchings, crosshatchings, and dots, Delaunay conveyed the tonal range, lighting, and spatial effects of the painting remarkably well.</div>
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Nicolas Delaunay</div>
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