Solness le constructeur

1894

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

The image shows a series of vertical lines and blurred shapes that create depth and movement. The composition gives the impression of tall trees in a forest. There is text overlay with titles and names, integrating with the misty background. The overall appearance is of an old, weathered poster resembling vintage playbills.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.5 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.108

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 21, State ii/ii

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. 41, as Solness, le constructeur (The Master Builder) by Henrik Ibsen.

2012

  • Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2012.

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, 61, no. 63.

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. 41.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: EV; upper right in stone: l'oeuvre... / Solness / le constructeur / d'Henrik Ibsen...; lower left in stone: Salle / des / Bouffes du Nord

Wikidata ID

Q75395981

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