Frères; La Gardienne; Créanciers

1894

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

This is a drawing of a poster or advertisement for a performance. It features a variety of sketches and text describing different performances, likely in French. The top section includes abstract tree and foliage sketches alongside inverted text. The middle section lists names of performances and performers' roles. The bottom section provides details about the venue and event, potentially at "Salle de la Comédie Parisienne." The design showcases intricate typography and illustrative elements inspired by late 19th or early 20th century European art nouveau style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48 x 32.4 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.101

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 23, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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, 62, no. 65.

1998

  • Boyer, Patricia. 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. 74, fig. 54.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: EV; across center in stone up-side-down: lisez le Revue Blanche; across center printed: Fréres / pièce en 1 acte de Hermann Bang... / la Gardienne / poéme d'Henri de Regnier... / Creanciers / tragi-comédie en 1 acte de Strindberg...; across botton printed: Salle de la Comédie Parisienne 8e Soirée de L'OEuvre administration: 23, rue Turgot

Wikidata ID

Q75395857

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