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Interior with a Screen

c. 1893

Édouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)
printer

Edward Ancourt

(French, 1841–1898?)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
Culture
France, late 19th - 20th century
Medium
lithograph on buff wove paper
Measurements
Image: 25 x 31 cm (9 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 x 38.1 cm (10 7/8 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.159
Catalogue raisonné
Roger-Marx 8
State
I/I
Edition
Edition of approximately 20
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
?

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This print is one of several published by the prestigious art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who became a supporter of Édouard Vuillard's work during the 1890s.

Description

During the 1890s, when Édouard Vuillard made this print, his work focused on intimate domestic scenes. Here, the artist depicted the apartment that he shared with his mother and sister, who worked as seamstresses from home. Although the women are seen going about their daily activities, Vuillard used patterning and scale to suggest a subtle sense of unease and make the everyday seem unfamiliar.
A horizontally oriented lithograph in black ink depicts an interior scene with four figures. In the foreground, a dark figure sits with their back to us. Behind them, a person peers from behind a three-paneled floral screen while another in a long robe faces away. To the right, a woman stands holding a bucket. Dense black scribbled lines create heavy shadows throughout, and the figures have light skin tones.

Interior with a Screen

c. 1893

Édouard Vuillard, Edward Ancourt, Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1868–1940), (French, 1841–1898?), (French, 1867–1939)
France, late 19th - 20th century

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