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Motherhood

Edouard Vuillard

Motherhood

1895

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Edouard Vuillard

Motherhood

1895

Physical Qualities Color crayon and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 288 × 372 mm. (11 5/16 × 14 5/8 in.) Image: 192 × 228 mm. (7 9/16 × 9 in.)
Credit Line Print Fund
Object Number 1951.86
Vuillard produced this maternal image for the deluxe edition of the journal Pan, a German publication that included original prints. A young mother holds her child on her lap in a dark but cozy interior. They are in a refuge of quiet contentment amidst an explosion of patterns, from the tablecloth to the wallpaper to the checkered orange rug. The pair is lit dramatically, as if occupying a spotlight on a stage.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1951; Galerie R.G. Michel, Paris
Bonnard & Vuillard

Signed: 4

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Artist

Edouard Vuillard

French, 1868-1940
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