The Hearth, from the series “Landscapes and Interiors”
- Printer
- Auguste Clot, French, 1858–1936
- Publisher
- Ambroise Vollard, French, 1867–1939
- Date
- 1899
- Material
- Color lithograph
- made in
- Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 3/4 × 11 15/16 in. (37.5 × 30.4 cm)
framed: 22 3/8 × 19 3/8 × 1 in. (56.8 × 49.2 × 2.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Bequest of Joan C. Crancer
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 52:2021
NOTES
Edouard Vuillard depicts an intimate interior view of a middle-class French household. The Hearth presents a close-up view of a fireplace—so close that the image distorts into a pattern of vertical and oblique lines and is hardly recognizable. The image represents uncanny spaces so private that they are nearly inaccessible to the viewer.
These prints are from the series Landscapes and Interiors, which represents the height of Vuillard’s printmaking. The suite was commissioned by the enterprising dealer and print publisher, Ambroise Vollard, to capitalize on the popularity of the color print in the 1890s. Unfortunately, these intensely private images did not sell well and Vuillard abandoned lithography shortly after the series’ completion.
These prints are from the series Landscapes and Interiors, which represents the height of Vuillard’s printmaking. The suite was commissioned by the enterprising dealer and print publisher, Ambroise Vollard, to capitalize on the popularity of the color print in the 1890s. Unfortunately, these intensely private images did not sell well and Vuillard abandoned lithography shortly after the series’ completion.
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