The Cook, plate eleven from Landscapes and Interiors
Édouard Jean Vuillard (printed by Auguste Clot (French, 1858-1936); published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939))
1899
- Medium
- Color lithograph on grayish-ivory China paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Image, max: 35.7 × 27.9 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.); Sheet: 36.4 × 29.1 cm (14 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Walter S. Brewster
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Bright colors and dense patterns provide an intimate glimpse into the artist’s home while figures absorbed in their daily activities suggest an air of distance and mystery. Édouard Vuillard is best known today for his depictions of Parisian interiors, often populated by his friends and family. At the time Landscapes and Interiors was published, however, collectors were not eager to purchase the series, perhaps due to its personal and private subject matter; 20 years after it was produced, the influential art dealer Ambroise Vollard had not yet sold the edition of 100.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
