Interior with Hanging Lamp (Interieur à la suspension)

1899

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 1939

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image features vertical and horizontal lines creating a structured composition. The artwork consists of swirling and jagged shapes in green, yellow, and red tones, resembling organic textures. The green section on the right may suggest a tall shape or plant, while the swirling patterns on the left are reminiscent of a decorative surface. Yellow and red elements appear throughout, contributing to the abstract composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.4 × 28.6 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 38.9 × 30.1 cm (15 5/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.270

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 35, State iii/iii

  • Series Title

    Landscapes and Interiors (Paysages et intérieurs) [pl. 4]


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1950.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Vollard, Connoisseur: Modern French Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1950 – 1951, no cat.

1953

  • Nineteenth-Century Prints by French Painter-Printmakers from the Rosenwald Collection, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1953.

1954

  • Lithographs by Bonnard, Vuillard, and Maurice Denis, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1954, no cat.

1955

  • Modern French Colored Lithographs from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, 1955.

1963

  • Renoir to Picasso 1914, Lowe Gallery of the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1963, no. 80.

  • Modern Prints and Illustrated Books from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963.

1964

  • The Turn of the Century, Kresge Art Center at Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1964, no. 14.

1965

  • Modern French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 – 1966.

1970

  • Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth Century French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970.

Bibliography

1948

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

Inscriptions

verso, lower right, in graphite: 142

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65222774

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