GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1908, Edouard Vuillard and his mother moved to an apartment in the 9th arrondisement of Paris, facing a public square called the Place Vintimille. This small park became a favorite new motif, often shown from the bird's-eye vantage point of Vuillard's fifth-floor windows. In this image, though, Vuillard brings us inside the park, where women rest on wooden benches while their children play on the ground nearby. Above them looms the statue of composer Hector Berlioz (French, 1803-1869) that occupied the center of the square.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy, 2014.
NOTES
Entered 2014 label copy in TMS.
General Description: Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy (1977.60.FA) for "Small Worlds: Edouard Vuillard and the Intimate Art of the Nabis," October 2014.
Prompted my questions about how to revise TMS cataloguing for works on paper. (Example- this is classified as "Works on Paper- Prints" with the object name "Print" and medium "Etching.")
I did not enter "Small Worlds" into exhibition history because I do not know if WOP installations qualify as exhibitions, although I believe they should. Is it possible to have recent WOP rotations added to TMS records using existing object packages?
I could be wrong, but when I try to look closely at the statue in the background of the print, it appears to have both arms extended. This challenges the notion that the statue is the 1886 figure of Berlioz. If it is not Berlioz, then perhaps the setting is not Place Vintimille.
Removed TMS tag because rule exists.
Could not add image assets to Piction due to time constraints. Provided the resources as web links instead.
The following was cut from image assets:
The monument to Hector Berlioz in the Place Vintimille, late 19th or early 20th century. Photograph. Image courtesy of The Hectory Berlioz Website. (A low-quality black and white image was reproduced on the wall label for "Small Worlds: Edouard Vuillard and the Intimate Art of the Nabis," Works on Paper Gallery, November 21, 2014- April 19, 2015.)
Image on left undated. Image on right, dated 1900. Both from "Le square Berlioz," Paris 1900, L'Art Nouveau, http://paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris09/squares/le_square_berlioz.htm.
Provenance:
Before 1977: Juanita K. Bromberg, Dallas, TX
After 1977: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift from the above [1] [2]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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Place of origin and depicted location: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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arrondisement
public square
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composer
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benches
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WEB RESOURCES
- Le square Berlioz~Look through some recent and historical photographs of the park and statue depicted in this work.
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- Alfred Lenoir's 1886 statue of Berlioz shown in Vuillard's etching was removed and melted down during Nazi occupation of Paris in 1941—four years after Vuillard captured this view. A new, stone statue of the composer replaced the original in 1948.
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General Description
In 1908, Edouard Vuillard and his mother moved to an apartment in the 9th arrondisement of Paris, facing a public square called the Place Vintimille. This small park became a favorite new motif, often shown from the bird's-eye vantage point of Vuillard's fifth-floor windows. In this image, though, Vuillard brings us inside the park, where women rest on wooden benches while their children play on the ground nearby. Above them looms the statue of composer Hector Berlioz (French, 1803-1869) that occupied the center of the square.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy, 2014.
Fun Facts
- Alfred Lenoir's 1886 statue of Berlioz shown in Vuillard's etching was removed and melted down during Nazi occupation of Paris in 1941—four years after Vuillard captured this view. A new, stone statue of the composer replaced the original in 1948.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Le square Berlioz~Look through some recent and historical photographs of the park and statue depicted in this work.
Notes
Entered 2014 label copy in TMS.
General Description: Heather MacDonald, DMA Label copy (1977.60.FA) for "Small Worlds: Edouard Vuillard and the Intimate Art of the Nabis," October 2014.
Prompted my questions about how to revise TMS cataloguing for works on paper. (Example- this is classified as "Works on Paper- Prints" with the object name "Print" and medium "Etching.")
I did not enter "Small Worlds" into exhibition history because I do not know if WOP installations qualify as exhibitions, although I believe they should. Is it possible to have recent WOP rotations added to TMS records using existing object packages?
I could be wrong, but when I try to look closely at the statue in the background of the print, it appears to have both arms extended. This challenges the notion that the statue is the 1886 figure of Berlioz. If it is not Berlioz, then perhaps the setting is not Place Vintimille.
Removed TMS tag because rule exists.
Could not add image assets to Piction due to time constraints. Provided the resources as web links instead.
The following was cut from image assets:
The monument to Hector Berlioz in the Place Vintimille, late 19th or early 20th century. Photograph. Image courtesy of The Hectory Berlioz Website. (A low-quality black and white image was reproduced on the wall label for "Small Worlds: Edouard Vuillard and the Intimate Art of the Nabis," Works on Paper Gallery, November 21, 2014- April 19, 2015.)
Image on left undated. Image on right, dated 1900. Both from "Le square Berlioz," Paris 1900, L'Art Nouveau, http://paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris09/squares/le_square_berlioz.htm.
Provenance:
Before 1977: Juanita K. Bromberg, Dallas, TX
After 1977: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift from the above [1] [2]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin and depicted location: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
figures
women
children
park
arrondisement
public square
public sculpture
statue
composer
gestural
benches
viewpoint
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