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Folding the Linen

Folding the Linen

1893
(French, 1868–1940)
(French, 1841–1898?)
France, 19th century
lithograph
Image: 23.9 x 32.2 cm (9 7/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 25.1 x 32.2 cm (9 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 1997.190
Catalogue raisonné: Roger-Marx 6
Location: not on view

Description

Much of Vuillard’s work was focused on the depiction of contemporary domestic Parisian life. His mother, widowed when the artist was a young boy, worked as a textile designer and dressmaker to support her family, and Vuillard, who lived with her until her death in 1928, was deeply influenced by his experiences of family life. He frequently used his mother and sister as models, depicting them in the midst of household tasks, such as folding laundry.
  • ?-1997
    (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1997-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major European Porcelain Crucifix, Pre-Columbian Figure, and Other Works Added to CMA Collection,” December 3, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    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. 48; Reproduced: P. 68, no. 11
    Salsbury, Britany. Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023. Reproduced: p. 146, no. 36
  • Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2023-January 14, 2024).
    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).
    From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
  • {{cite web|title=Folding the Linen|url=false|author=Edouard Vuillard, Edward Ancourt|year=1893|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.190