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The Two Sisters-in-Law
1899
(French, 1868–1940)
printer
(French, 1858–1936)
publisher
(French, 1867–1939)
Sheet: 44.8 x 36 cm (17 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.65.13
Catalogue raisonné: Roger-Marx 43
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The muses for this print, Misia Natanson and Marthe Mellot, were accomplished in their own right. Natanson was a pianist and patron of the arts, while Mellot was a film actress.Description
In this hushed lithograph, Misia Natanson, Vuillard’s artistic muse, enjoys an intimate conversation with her sister-in-law, actress Marthe Mellot. The two women lean against a piano, an instrument that Misia played brilliantly.- ?-1951(William H. Schab Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)1951-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Chapin, Mary Weaver. “Interior Dramas.’” In Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900. Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown, 40-93. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021. Mentioned: P. 51; Reproduced: P. 80, no. 25
- Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (July 1-September 19, 2021); Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (co-organizer) (October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022).Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
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