The Cook

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The Cook

c. 1898-1899

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) Published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris (1867–1939)

Seven of the lithographs in Vuillard's Paysages et Intérieurs album are views of the flat the artist shared with his mother, seen here in her kitchen wiping dinner plates (the double sink is still full of dishwater). Vuillard echoed the pattern of his mother's blouse on the tiled counter top, and affectionately repeated the rotundity of her figure in a stack of pots and pans.

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Object Details

Titles:

The Cook
From the album Paysages et Intérieurs (Landscapes and Interiors) (Paris, 1899), Album also called Douze Lithographies en Couleurs

Date:

c. 1898-1899

Artists:

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) Published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris (1867–1939)

Medium:

Color lithograph (transfer lithograph)

Dimensions:

Image: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (34.9 × 27.3 cm) Sheet: 14 5/16 × 11 7/16 inches (36.4 × 29 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the John D. McIlhenny Fund, 1941

Accession Number:

1941-8-157

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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