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The Cook
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The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cook

color lithographÉdouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)/1899

Description

The artist’s mother was known for her hospitality toward her son’s Nabi friends, who occasionally dined in the Vuillards’ apartment. Madame Vuillard reigned in the kitchen, but here,the artist depicts her as diminutive and frozen, part of the still life of objects and patterns of the room.

Provenance

(William H. Schab Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

40.7 × 30 cm

Movement / Period

Prints

Accession No

1951.65.12

Official Citations

[The Cleveland Museum of Art Official Record][Full Resolution Image]
Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

Prints • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries