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Motherhood (Maternite)

1896

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names

Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

The image shows a round table with a textured cloth, a person holding a small child beside it under a shaded light. The color palette includes deep blues, browns, and muted creams with hints of red on the tablecloth. The person and child are seated to the right, partially in shadow, in a dimly lit room. Brown chairs are visible in the background against the walls, framing the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on Japanese paper
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine
Accession Number

1971.86.44
Catalogue Raisonné

Roger-Marx 1948, no. 30, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1948

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

Wikidata ID

Q65567865

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