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Reclining Male Nude (verso)

Reclining Male Nude (verso)

c. 1887–89
(French, 1868–1940)
France, 19th century
Black chalk
Sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Bequest of William Kelly Simpson 2018.77.b
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • Family of the artist (L. 2497b)
    Sam Salz, New York, NY
    October 15, 1957
    sold to anonymous, October 15, 1957
    November 14, 1990
    Sotheby's, New York, NY
    1990-2018
    William Kelly Simpson, Katonah, NY
    June 4, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Reclining Male Nude (verso)|url=false|author=Edouard Vuillard|year=c. 1887–89|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.77.b