The Cook (La cuisiniere)

1899

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Ambroise Vollard

Artist, French, 1866 - 1939

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

Edouard Vuillard

Printer, French, 1868 - 1940

The image shows a seated person with short grey or white hair, looking down at their hands. The person is wearing a blue top and a white apron. Beside them on a table are a deep blue and white bowl with a spoon, and several rounded objects that resemble plates or dough. Other items around include a dark bottle and stacked objects on a shelf to the left. The floor is warm brown, and the wall has a visual contrast between the lower brown part and the lighter upper part, with a blue and white strip on the right. To the right, there is a darkened area that appears to be a window or panel.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.7 × 27 cm (13 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.8 × 29.4 cm (14 1/2 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.269

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 42, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Paysages et intérieurs: pl. 11 [Roger-Marx 31-43]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1950.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Vollard, Connoisseur: Modern French Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1950 – 1951, no cat.

1970

  • Bonnard/Vuillard, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970.

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 40.

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

Bibliography

1948

  • Roger-Marx, Claude. L'Oeuvre grave de Vuillard. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1948.

Inscriptions

center right, in image, in graphite: EVuillard

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65222773

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