This painting displays soft, rounded shapes and fragmented lines, creating an abstract portrayal of two people seated at a dark yellow table. The round table is in the center, while the two people are on the left, their faces and bodies suggested with small dots of tan and light brown paint. The rough, brown surface under the paint has been allowed to show through in many places. On the table, white circular shapes resemble a cup and saucer, as well as a plate and bowl. The right side of the table has a light brown cloth draped over it, decorated with bright splashes. Behind the table and…
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Two Women Drinking Coffee

Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868 - 1940)

c. 1893

Medium
oil on cardboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 21.5 x 28.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.) ; framed: 37.7 x 45.4 x 5.3 cm (14 13/16 x 17 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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