On the "Pont de l'Europe"

1897/1898 (published 1899)

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

The image depicts two individuals facing each other. The person on the right stands in a three-quarter view, wearing a checked dress in red and blue, holding a dark object in their right hand, and draped in a textured shawl. The individual on the left, a child, is seen in profile with light-colored hair tied back and wearing a dark top with a light-colored skirt. Both individuals wear boots. The background shows a textured, rustic wall in muted tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.6 × 34 cm (12 1/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.3 × 39.4 cm (13 1/8 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8346

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 40, State ii?/11

  • Series Title

    Paysages et interieurs: pl.9 [Roger-Marx 31-43]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d and R in semicircle [not in Lugt]); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1945.

1947

  • The Art of France in Print and Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1947 – 1948.

1970

  • Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Charleston Art Gallery, WV, 1970.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1977.

Bibliography

1948

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

Inscriptions

left center, in stone, in red ink: X; right center, in stone, in red ink: X; verso, lower left in graphite: 42; verso, lower center, in graphite: Q/HP; verso, lower right, in graphite: YO

Wikidata ID

Q65019607

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