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Reclining Male Nude (verso)

Édouard Vuillardc. 1898

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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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  • Title: Reclining Male Nude (verso)
  • Creator: Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)
  • Date Created: c. 1898
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Family of the artist (L. 2497b), Sam Salz, New York, NY, sold to anonymous, October 15, 1957, Sotheby's, New York, NY, William Kelly Simpson, Katonah, NY, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.77.b
  • Medium: Black chalk
  • Department: Drawings
  • Culture: France, 19th century
  • Credit Line: Bequest of William Kelly Simpson
  • Collection: DR - French
  • Accession Number: 2018.77.b
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