Au dessus des forces humaines; L'Araignée de cristal

1894

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.9 x 48 cm (12 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.76.100

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 18, State only


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. 39, as Au dessus des forces humaines (Beyond Human Power) by Björnstjerne Björnson; L'Araignée de crist...

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, 59, no. 61.

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. 39.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: EV.; Across left side printed three times: lisez / la revue / blanche; across right side printed: le fevrier 1894 / quatrième soirée / de / l'oeuvre / Au dessus des forces / humaines / de / Bjornstjerne Bjornson / traduction de M. Prozor... / l'Araignée / de / cristal / de Me Rachilde... / Salle / des / Bouffes du Nord / administration: 23 rue Turgot

Wikidata ID

Q75395835


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