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Edouard Vuillard

Drawing for the Theater Program for “Âmes solitaires (Lonely Souls)”

1893

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Edouard Vuillard

Drawing for the Theater Program for “Âmes solitaires (Lonely Souls)”

1893

Physical Qualities Brush and black ink and conté crayon with stumping on paper, Sheet: 325 x 500 mm. (12 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Rita and Abraham Genecin, Baltimore
Object Number 1998.139
In this preliminary drawing for the theater program for Âmes solitaires, one can see how the artist first sketched the images with loose and enthusiastic brushwork, paying little attention to the list of names that appeared in the final version.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; Rita and Abraham Genecin, Baltimore, by purchase; Lucien Goldschmidt (1912-1992), New York.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Bonnard & Vuillard," 23 April - 19 October 2008.

Susan Dackerman, BMA (only), "Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge," February 15 - May 23, 2004.

Inscribed: upper left in conté crayon: "la Revue blanche"; upper right in ink: "L'oeuvre / troisième soirée / Ames Solitaires / de Gerard Hauptman / traduction de Mr Alex. Cotten / unique representation / distribution des roles"; lower left in conté crayon: "Salle des / Bouffes du nord"

Markings: CM: E.V.

Artist

Edouard Vuillard

French, 1868-1940

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