Dressmaker (La Couturière)

1894

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

The image shows the upper body of a person viewed from behind, seated at a table. The person is leaning forward, with their head slightly bowed. They have short hair and are wearing a polka-dotted garment. In the background, there is a chair with a backrest on the left, and various papers or objects on the desk. The setting suggests an indoor environment, with a textured wall and a patterned curtain to the right. The color palette is soft blue and green.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.8 x 16.3 cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.136.79

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 13, State iii/iv (proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1948

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

Inscriptions

lower right in stone: ev

Wikidata ID

Q75420520

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