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Self-Portrait with Waroquy

1889
Not on view
In his sober, high-collared garment, the pensive twenty-three year old Vuillard might be taken for a civil servant or a clergyman, were it not for the palette and paintbrushes in his hand. The artist’s friend Waroquy, with a cigarette between his lips, looms behind, his facial features and his body rendered more vaguely. The dreamlike quality of the picture derives from the fact that it is a mirror image. This is understood by the reflection of the small bottle at the lower right. According to one of Vuillard’s autobiographical journal entries, he posed in front of a mirror in his grandmother's bedroom.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Self-Portrait with Waroquy
  • Artist: Edouard Vuillard (French, Cuiseaux 1868–1940 La Baule)
  • Date: 1889
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 36 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (92.7 × 72.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Alex M. Lewyt, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.173
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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