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Series Title: Landscapes and Interiors

The Avenue

1899

Édouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)
printer

Auguste Clot

(French, 1858–1936)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
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Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
color lithograph
Measurements
Sheet: 33.2 x 45 cm (13 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.65.3
Catalogue raisonné
Roger-Marx 33
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Vuillard sought assistance from master printer Auguste Clot to tackle the technical difficulty of using many colors in a single print.

Description

In this small view of a Parisian avenue, city dwellers of various classes coexist, as a fashionably dressed woman is about to cross paths with a man carrying a heavy burden on his shoulders. The city street provides a microcosm of the capital.
A horizontally oriented color lithograph on tan paper depicts a wide avenue populated by figures. On our right, a woman stands with her back to us, wearing a pale yellow shawl and a voluminous, dark blue skirt. Behind her, a person carries a large bundle atop their head. To our left, several figures walk amidst muted green rectangles and wavy foreground lines. In the distance, a cluster of bright green trees sits toward the left.

The Avenue

1899

Édouard Vuillard, Auguste Clot, Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1868–1940), (French, 1858–1936), (French, 1867–1939)
France, 19th century

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