The Hearth
Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
45 × 36 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Hanna Fund
Accession Number
1951.65.9
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Vuillard combines potent signifiers of homelife—the hearth and kitchen tools—that pay homage to the daily chores and comforts of the domestic world he shared with his mother. The strange perspective in which the chair looms above the viewer suggests a childlike viewpoint.