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In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)

In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)

c. 1891–92 (recto); c. 1887–89 (verso)
(French, 1868–1940)
France
pastel and charcoal on beige paper
Sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Bequest of William Kelly Simpson 2018.77
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Vuillard created this portrait of his sister Marie while she was living at home and working with their mother at her corset- and dressmaking business.

Description

During the early 1890s, Édouard Vuillard repeatedly represented his mother and older sister, Marie, in domestic settings. This drawing relates to a pastel and painting, all of which show Marie standing before a mirror, raising her arms as if to adjust her hairstyle. A charcoal study of a nude male appears on the verso, suggesting that the artist may have reused the sheet.
  • 1892-1940
    studio of the artist
    1940
    family of the artist
    probably 1940-1957
    (Sam Salz, New York)
    1957-1990
    private collection
    1990
    (sale, November 14, 1990, Sotheby’s, New York, no. 110, sold to William Kelly Simpson)
    1990-2018
    William Kelly Simpson [1928–2017], Katonah, NY, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2018-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.77