The Hearth, from the series “Landscapes and Interiors”
1899
Color lithograph
A still life arrangement of fruit and bowls sits on a dark surface next to a yellow chair. A green structure is on the left, and a dark opening with a red shape is visible within it. Edouard Vuillard depicts an intimate interior view of a middle-class French household. The Hearth presents a close-up view of a fireplace—so close that the image distorts into a pattern of vertical and oblique lines and is hardly recognizable. The image represents uncanny spaces so private that they are nearly inaccessible to the viewer. These prints are from the series Landscapes and Interiors , which represents the height of Vuillard’s printmaking. The suite was commissioned by the enterprising dealer and print publisher, Ambroise Vollard, to capitalize on the popularity of the…
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