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Source 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.
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Document identity
localId
311856
label
In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
311856
contentType
drawing
title
In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)
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.
date
c. 1891–92 (recto); c. 1887–89 (verso)
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79873640
creators
288372
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
cul
France
accession
2018.77
Source extras
tec
pastel and charcoal on beige paper
tombstone
In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso), c. 1891–92 (recto); c. 1887–89 (verso). Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Pastel and charcoal on beige paper; sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William Kelly Simpson, 2018.77
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
stamped, lower left, in purple ink: E Vuillard [Lugt 2497b]
didYouKnow
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.
citations
citation
Salsbury, Britany. <em>Nineteenth-Century French Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Lewes, UK, Cleveland, Ohio: GILES; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 154-157, no. 29
creditline
Bequest of William Kelly Simpson
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2026-05-29 08:54:28.707000
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311856
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Drawings
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DR - French
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pastel and charcoal on beige paper
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Nabis
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1
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0
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photo
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