Au dessus des forces humaines; L'Araignée de cristal

1894

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

This is a painting of an artistic promotional poster. The image is split into two sections, each filled with dynamic illustrations and text. The left side features figures with the repeated phrase "Lisez la Review Blanche." The right side shows a gathering of people in a potentially indoor setting, with text listing details about an event at "Bouffes du Nord." The text is written in an expressive style that matches the energy of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.9 x 48 cm (12 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.100

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 18, 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. 39, as Au dessus des forces humaines (Beyond Human Power) by Björnstjerne Björnson; L'Araignée de crist...

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, 59, no. 61.

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. 39.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: EV.; Across left side printed three times: lisez / la revue / blanche; across right side printed: le fevrier 1894 / quatrième soirée / de / l'oeuvre / Au dessus des forces / humaines / de / Bjornstjerne Bjornson / traduction de M. Prozor... / l'Araignée / de / cristal / de Me Rachilde... / Salle / des / Bouffes du Nord / administration: 23 rue Turgot

Wikidata ID

Q75395835

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