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Reclining Male Nude (verso)
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About this work
During the early 1890s, Édouard Vuillard repeatedly represented his mother and older sister, Marie, in domestic settings. This drawing relates to a pastel and painting, all of which show Marie standing before a mirror, raising her arms as if to adjust her hairstyle. A charcoal study of a nude male appears on the verso, suggesting that the artist may have reused the sheet.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineReclining Male Nude (verso), c. 1887–89. Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Black chalk; sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William Kelly Simpson, 2018.77.b
