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Madame Arthur Fontaine in a Pink Shawl

A painting in loose brushstrokes of a seated light-skinned woman wearing black viewed in partial profile, mostly from behind. She sits in an upholstered wooden chair beside a small white table, the expanse of a multicolor but largely red rug spread out before and around her.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A painting in loose brushstrokes of a seated light-skinned woman wearing black viewed in partial profile, mostly from behind. She sits in an upholstered wooden chair beside a small white table, the expanse of a multicolor but largely red rug spread out before and around her.

Date:

1903

Artist:

Édouard Vuillard
French, 1868-1940

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 244

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Édouard Jean Vuillard

Title

Madame Arthur Fontaine in a Pink Shawl

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1904–1905

Medium

Gouache and oil on cardboard mounted on cardboard

Dimensions

50.2 × 43.8 cm (19 3/4 × 17 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection

Reference Number

1947.118

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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