Les Soutiens de la société

1896

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

This is a drawing of an interior scene. The image depicts a room with a window, framed with patterned glass and partially concealed by draped curtains. Within the room, there are several indistinct figures. The overall atmosphere is intimate and somewhat somber, with heavy use of shadow and light creating depth and texture. The figures are gathered around a central point.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper [proof before letters]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.1 x 56.2 cm (15 x 22 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.106

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 24, State ii/iii

  • 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. 57, as Les Soutiens de la société (Pillars of Society) by Henrik Ibsen.

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, 77, no. 85.

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. 57.

Inscriptions

lower center in stone: E. Vuillard; upper left printed: "L'OEUVRE" / Administration: 23, rue Turgot

Wikidata ID

Q75395946

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