Game of Checkers (La partie de dames)

1897/1898 (published 1899)

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

The image shows two individuals and one person standing. All have their upper bodies visible. The person on the left is seated, facing the table, with a beard and short hair. The person on the right is also seated, leaned forward towards the table, showing a side profile and short hair. The standing person is leaning over the table, with one hand on their chin and hair up in a bun. Their facial expressions are not clearly defined. Both seated individuals wear dark, blended garments, while the standing person wears a patterned dress. The table has a checkerboard pattern. The room has a wall with ornate, floral wallpaper in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.3 × 26.7 cm (13 1/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35.9 × 28.7 cm (14 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.86.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 32, State iii/iii

  • Series Title

    Paysages et interieurs: pl.1 [Roger-Marx 31-43]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Burton G. [1902-1991] and Emily Hall [1908-1987] Tremaine, Madison, CT; International Art Foundation, New York; gift 1971 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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

lower left in graphite, below image: [indecipherable] / 2 x 3 5; verso, lower center, in graphite: [indecipherable 2]

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65567863

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