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Suzanne Valadon

Portrait of Maurice Utrillo, 1928

Description

Maker

Suzanne Valadon, 1865-1938, French

Title

Portrait of Maurice Utrillo

Year

1928

Medium

Color lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Light weight Oriental laid paper

Dimensions

22.2 x 17.6 cm (8 13/16 x 6 7/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Signed and dated, LL:Suzanne Valadon/1928

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

58.027

Exhibition History

Facing Artists

February 27 - July 31, 2009

Suzanne Valadon worked as a model in Paris beginning in the 1870s. Among the artists she posed for, Pierre-Auguste Renoir encouraged her to paint and Edgar
Degas taught her how to make prints, of which she produced just over thirty. The sitter for this portrait, Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883–1955), was Valadon’s son.
Although Utrillo led a difficult life fraught with addiction and social awkwardness, he achieved notable fame as a painter himself. Valadon presented Utrillo in isolation,
with her characteristic heavy contour lines and in the profile view favored by other artists of the period (see the portrait by Redon, at right).

19th-20th Century Portraits from the Museum's Collection

February 1 - March 1, 1962

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