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Series Title: L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard

Morphine Addict

1897

Eugène Grasset

(French, 1841–1917)
printer

Auguste Clot

(French, 1858–1936)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
Culture
France
Medium
color lithograph
Measurements
Image: 41.3 x 31.2 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 56.7 x 42.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2018.31
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Location
Not on view
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Description

Eugène Grasset was best known for idealized and decorative images of women. This lithograph, however, focuses on a darker theme—morphine addiction. A young woman is shown at the height of withdrawal as she injects herself with the drug. The syringe was invented just a few decades prior, and its inclusion was meant to give the image a sense of modernity.
A vertically oriented color lithograph depicts a seated woman with light skin tone and long black hair. Her body is angled toward our right as she looks left with a furrowed brow and visible teeth. She wears a white dress and holds a syringe against her thigh. Behind her is a flat yellow wall and a green chair. To our left, a small blue bottle sits on a brown table edge.

Morphine Addict

1897

Eugène Grasset, Auguste Clot, Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1841–1917), (French, 1858–1936), (French, 1867–1939)
France

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