Ames solitaires

1893

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

This is a vintage advertisement or magazine cover with text and abstract human figures in a sepia-toned drawing. The left side includes the words "paraîtra à partir du 1er Janvier 1894 la Revue blanche Transformée." The right side features the text "ames Solitaires de Gerhart Hauptmann." The background shows abstract shapes and two human figures engaged in activities near writings and artistic flourishes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.8 x 48.6 cm (12 15/16 x 19 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.98

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 19, State only

  • Series Title

    Théâtre de l'Oeuvre

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 38, as Ames solitaires (Lonely Souls) by Gerhart Hauptmann.

Bibliography

1948

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

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 58, no. 60.

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower center in stone: eV; lower right in stone: E.V.; across right side printed: paraitra / à partir du 1er Janvier / 1894 / la revue / blanche / transformée; across right side printed: le Decembre / 1893 / l'oeuvre / 3e soirée / ames solitaires / de Gerhart Hauptmann / traduction de M. Alex. Cohen... / Salle des / Bouffes du Nord / administration 23 rue Turgot

Wikidata ID

Q75395828

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