Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011296In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
stamped, lower left, in purple ink: E Vuillard [Lugt 2497b]
Provenance
1892-1940: studio of the artist 1940: family of the artist probably 1940-1957: (Sam Salz, New York) 1957-1990: private collection 1990: (sale, November 14, 1990, Sotheby’s, New York, no. 110, sold to William Kelly Simpson) 1990-2018: William Kelly Simpson [1928–2017], Katonah, NY, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2018-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)
- Date
- c. 1891–92 (recto); c. 1887–89 (verso)
- Medium
- pastel and charcoal on beige paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of William Kelly Simpson
- Accession no.
- 2018.77
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