Interior with Pink Wallpaper I, from Landscapes and Interiors

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Interior with Pink Wallpaper I, from Landscapes and Interiors

Artist Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)

Date1899

Dimensions13 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. (34.7 x 27.2 cm)

MediumColor Lithograph

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1981.107

Not on View

Label TextIn Interior with Pink Wallpaper I and II, Édouard Vuillard expertly uses color, pattern, and texture to depict a room in the apartment he shared with his mother, a dressmaker and textile designer, treating it like a sumptuous piece of fabric. Together, the two lithographs exemplify Vuillard’s fondness for vivid colors and rich patterns in his images of light-filled interiors. This pair belongs to Vuillard’s most important print project, Landscapes and Interiors (Paysages et Interieurs), a suite of 13 color lithographs devoted to domestic spaces and Parisian street scenes published by the French art dealer Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939). The portfolio and these prints demonstrate Vuillard’s interest in the aesthetics of Japanese woodblock prints from the Edo period (1615–1868). Integrating this influence with his artistic vision, Vuillard masterfully develops richly decorated, ambiguous spaces that, while dissociated from reality, maintain a warm sense of intimacy.Published ReferencesRoger-Marx, Claude, L'oeuvre grave de Vuillard, Monte-Carlo, Andre Sauret, 1948, no. 36 (col.), p. 104.

Ives, Colta Feller, The Great Wave: The Influence of Japanese Woodcuts on French Prints, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974, no. 75 (col), p. 72.

Johnson, Una E., Ambroise Vollard, Editeur: Prints, Books, Bronzes, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977, no. 155 (5).

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Late 19th C French Prints, Mar. 21 - June 19,1983.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Painter Was a Printmaker, June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984.

Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.