Monsieur Bute; L'Amant de sa femme; La Belle opération

1890

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photo-relief with watercolor stenciling (pochoir print) on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • 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

    1995.76.102

  • 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


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