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Feb 20, 2019

In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)

In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)

c. 1891–92 (recto); c. 1887–89 (verso)

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Edouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)

France

Pastel and charcoal on beige paper

Sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Weight: 1

Bequest of William Kelly Simpson 2018.77

Location

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Vuillard created this portrait of his sister Marie while she was living at home and working with their mother at her corset- and dressmaking business.

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.

See also
Collection: 
DR - French
Department: 
Drawings
Type of artwork: 
Drawing
Medium: 
Pastel and charcoal on beige paper
Credit line: 
Bequest of William Kelly Simpson

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