Cleveland Museum of Art

The Two Sisters-in-Law

Édouard Vuillard

Date

1899

Medium

color lithograph

Culture

France, 19th century

Department

Prints

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

In this hushed lithograph, Misia Natanson, Vuillard’s artistic muse, enjoys an intimate conversation with her sister-in-law, actress Marthe Mellot. The two women lean against a piano, an instrument that Misia played brilliantly. The muses for this print, Misia Natanson and Marthe Mellot, were accomplished in their own right. Natanson was a pianist and patron of the arts, while Mellot was a film actress.

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