Monsieur Bute; L'Amant de sa femme; La Belle opération
1890
Artist, French, 1868 - 1940
Edouard Vuillard
Artwork overview
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Medium
photo-relief with watercolor stenciling (pochoir print) on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (program closed): 21.5 x 19.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
sheet (program opened): 21.5 x 39.6 cm (8 7/16 x 15 9/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1995.76.102
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Catalogue Raisonné
Roger-Marx 1948, undescribed
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1998
Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 7, as Monsieur Bute by Maurice Biollay; L'Amant de sa femme (His Wife's Lover) by Aurélien Scholl; La B...
Bibliography
1948
Roger-Marx, Claude. L'Oeuvre grave de Vuillard. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1948.
1992
Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 19, no. 7.
1998
Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 7.
Inscriptions
below image printed: E. Vuillard, Pinx.; along right side in stone: THEATRE LIBRE; center left verso printed: DEUXIÉME SPECTACLE / De la Saison 1890-1891 / L'AMANT DE SA FEMME... / MONSIEUR BUTE... / LA BELLE OPÉRATION... / De la part de MM. Aurélien Scholl, Maurice Biollay et Julien Sermet. / Ordre du Spectacle: Monsieur Bute. --L'Amant de sa Femme. --La belle Opération...
Wikidata ID
Q75395862