Cleveland Museum of Art
The Hearth
Édouard VuillardLinkedCulture matchlcp-93b93d26d1f2
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- color lithograph
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 129174
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. Among the Nabis, Vuillard assumed the nickname le Nabi Zouave, as the color of his red beard was reminiscent of headdresses worn by the French North African regiment.
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Provenance
- ?-1951: (William H. Schab Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) | 1951-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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