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Édouard Vuillard

In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)

c. 1891–92 (recto); c. 1887–89 (verso)
pastel and charcoal on beige paper

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Vuillard created this portrait of his sister Marie while she was living at home and working with their mother at her corset- and dressmaking business.

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