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This is a vintage advertisement or magazine cover with text and abstract human figures in a sepia-toned drawing. The left side includes the words "paraîtra à partir du 1er Janvier 1894 la Revue blanche Transformée." The right side features the text "ames Solitaires de Gerhart Hauptmann." The background shows abstract shapes and two human figures engaged in activities near writings and artistic flourishes.
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This is a vintage advertisement or magazine cover with text and abstract human figures in a sepia-toned drawing. The left side includes the words "paraîtra à partir du 1er Janvier 1894 la Revue blanche Transformée." The right side features the text "ames Solitaires de Gerhart Hauptmann." The background shows abstract shapes and two human figures engaged in activities near writings and artistic flourishes.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ames solitaires

Edouard Vuillard

Date
1893
Medium
lithograph in black on light brown wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 32.8 x 48.6 cm (12 15/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1995.76.98
Credit line
Gift of The Atlas Foundation
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Théâtre de l'Oeuvre

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • amusement
  • genre
  • lithograph
  • daily life
  • Woman
  • group
  • figure
  • Theater program
  • Reading
  • Interior
Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower center in stone: eV; lower right in stone: E.V.; across right side printed: paraitra / à partir du 1er Janvier / 1894 / la revue / blanche / transformée; across right side printed: le Decembre / 1893 / l'oeuvre / 3e soirée / ames solitaires / de Gerhart Hauptmann / traduction de M. Alex. Cohen... / Salle des / Bouffes du Nord / administration 23 rue Turgot

NGA object ID 93937. 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.