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This is a painting of an artistic promotional poster. The image is split into two sections, each filled with dynamic illustrations and text. The left side features figures with the repeated phrase "Lisez la Review Blanche." The right side shows a gathering of people in a potentially indoor setting, with text listing details about an event at "Bouffes du Nord." The text is written in an expressive style that matches the energy of the figures.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Au dessus des forces humaines; L'Araignée de cristal
Edouard Vuillard
- Date
- 1894
- Medium
- lithograph in black on light brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 32.9 x 48 cm (12 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1995.76.100
- Credit line
- Gift of The Atlas Foundation
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Théâtre de l'Oeuvre
Subjects and terms
- French
- amusement
- genre
- lithograph
- daily life
- Theater program
- Reading
- funeral
- ceremony
- Funeral
- Interior, domestic
Provenance
Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.
Inscription
lower left in stone: EV.; Across left side printed three times: lisez / la revue / blanche; across right side printed: le fevrier 1894 / quatrième soirée / de / l'oeuvre / Au dessus des forces / humaines / de / Bjornstjerne Bjornson / traduction de M. Prozor... / l'Araignée / de / cristal / de Me Rachilde... / Salle / des / Bouffes du Nord / administration: 23 rue Turgot
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