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Édouard Vuillard

Woman Ironing

1892
oil on board
21.4 × 25.4 cm (8.4 × 10 in)

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In 1888, Vuillard wrote in his journal: "A form or a color exists only in relation to another. Form does not exist on its own. We can only conceive of the relations."

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