Iris, the fairy after whom the painting was later named, appear to the far left. Goddess of the rainbow, Iris brings the world to life: she lit up around 50 capital cities in the painting. Clearly, electricity is modern; electricity is fun.
Detail from Raoul Dufy’s huge La Fée Électricité (The Spirit of Electricity, 1937) in the Museum of Modern Art (Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris).