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
BMA, "4,000 Years of Modern Art," 27 November 1956 - 13 January 1957, (and circulated through June 30, 1957).
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, "Images of Women: French Prints from 1830-1930," 8 January - 19 February 1978 (ill. in cat).
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Bonnard & Vuillard," 23 April - 19 October 2008.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, "Images of Women: French Prints from 1830-1930," 8 January - 19 February 1978 (ill. in cat).
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Bonnard & Vuillard," 23 April - 19 October 2008.
Signed: 4
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