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The image shows a field with small figures, a line of distant trees, and the sky. The brushstrokes are delicate and pointillistic, creating a soft texture. The color palette includes muted greens, bright blue for the sky, and pops of pink and purple on the figures.
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The image shows a field with small figures, a line of distant trees, and the sky. The brushstrokes are delicate and pointillistic, creating a soft texture. The color palette includes muted greens, bright blue for the sky, and pops of pink and purple on the figures.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Across Country (A travers champs)

Edouard Vuillard

Date
1897/1898 (published 1899)
Medium
color lithograph on China paper
Dimensions
image: 25.9 × 34.3 cm (10 3/16 × 13 1/2 in.) sheet: 27.3 × 36.3 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1950.16.265
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Paysages et intérieurs: pl. 3 [Roger-Marx 31-43]

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • Walking
  • Tree
  • Grass
  • Figures
  • Field
Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1950.

Inscription

verso, upper right corner, in graphite: 181.4.42; verso, upper right corner, in graphite: 11

Marks

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d)

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 39200. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.