The Hearth

Édouard Vuillard, Ambroise Vollard1899

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Vuillard combines potent signifiers of homelife—the hearth and kitchen tools—that pay homage to the daily chores and comforts of the domestic world he shared with his mother. The strange perspective in which the chair looms above the viewer suggests a childlike viewpoint.

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Title: The Hearth
Creator: Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940), Auguste Clot (French, 1858-1936), Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939)
Date Created: 1899
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 45 x 36 cm (17 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Provenance: (William H. Schab Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.65.9
Medium: color lithograph
State of work: II/II
Series: Landscapes and Interiors
Department: Prints
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
Collection: PR - Lithograph
Accession Number: 1951.65.9

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