Identification title(s): interior with sleeping woman in chair and woman la sieste ou la convalescence. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1953-382. Catalog reference: roger-marx (vuillard) 2-2(2). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2760 collector's mark; verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2228, blind stamp, recto bottom right, embossed: text l'estampe originale and half-figure naked woman in octagonal frame. Description: a woman is sleeping in a chair with a pillow behind her back. The french title of the print suggests that she is taking an afternoon nap or recovering from illness. The other woman in the room cautiously leans over to look at her. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: édouard vuillard (mentioned on object), printer: edward ancourt. Place of manufacture: france. Dating: 1888 - 1893 and/or 1893. Physical characteristics: lithography in black and green-gray. Material: paper technique: color printing / lithography (technique). Dimensions: image: h 290 mm × w 230 mm sheet: h 588 mm × w 415 mm explanation this lithograph appeared in an edition of l'estampe originale, edouard ancourt (printer), january-march 1893, in an edition of one hundred copies. According to roger-marx, the prints are signed and numbered, but the edition number is missing from this print (roger-marx 1948, p. 28). A preliminary study of the composition in pastel has been preserved (j. Roussel collection according to roger-marx 1948, p. 28). Subject: what: sleeping; unconsciousness, woman. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1953. Date: 1888 - 1893 en/of 1893.
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