Le Mâitre d'Hôtel

published 1935

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image shows a person from the waist up in a standing position. The individual is facing slightly to the right, looking downward with a serious expression. Their facial features are sketched with eyes, nose, and mouth, and they have short, combed-back hair. The person wears a white apron over dark clothing, with sleeves rolled up to the elbows. They are holding an indistinct dark object with both hands. In the background, there is a suggestion of a room with a large window, visible through cross-hatched lines that depict window panes, casting light onto the figure, while the rest of the room is dark and not detailed.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.9 x 27.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 56, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1948

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

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: (not deciphered); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 666 047

Wikidata ID

Q75122253

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