Interior with Pink Wallpaper III (Interieur aux tentures roses III)

c. 1896 (published 1899)

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

Ambroise Vollard

Artist, French, 1866 - 1939

Edouard Vuillard

Printer, French, 1868 - 1940

The image shows a combination of vertical and horizontal lines with patterns and shapes filling the entire space. On the left side are vertical rectangular forms and curved shapes in vibrant red, yellow, and blue hues. Towards the center and right, a floral pattern in red and pink against a neutral background is displayed. The abstract piece suggests an interior setting with floral and ornate characteristics.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.6 × 27.3 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 39.1 × 30.9 cm (15 3/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.273

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 38, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Paysages et intérieurs: pl. 7 [Roger-Marx 31-43]

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, National Gallery of Art, 1950 – 1951.

1953

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1953.

1954

  • Lithographs by Bonnard, Vuillard, and Maurice Denis, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954.

1955

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

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.

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 41.

1977

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

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

Bibliography

1948

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

Inscriptions

verso, lower right corner in graphite: 181.9.42

Markings

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

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65222779

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