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Reclining Male Nude (verso)

c. 1887–89

Édouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)
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Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
Black chalk
Measurements
Sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Kelly Simpson 2018.77.b
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Vuillard probably created this drawing while he was a student at Paris's Académie Julian, where he met the other artists who would become the Nabis.

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.
A vertically oriented black chalk drawing on cream paper depicts a reclining nude male with a light skin tone. Shown from the chest to mid-thigh, the figure lies horizontally, torso angled slightly forward. Heavy shading defines the musculature of the abdomen and hip. A separate sketched hand reaches downward from the top center. The paper surface is marked by faint smudges and light brown stains.

Reclining Male Nude (verso)

c. 1887–89

Édouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)
France, 19th century

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