{"product_id":"ap_22995","title":"La revue blanche transformée - Âmes solitaires - Programme pour le théâtre de l'oeuvre 1893","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"764\" data-start=\"326\"\u003eThis rare and evocative lithographic poster by Édouard Vuillard, created in 1893, is both a piece of theatrical history and a milestone in French Symbolist printmaking. Designed as an illustrated program for a special transformation of \u003cem data-end=\"588\" data-start=\"570\"\u003eLa Revue Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e and a performance of Gerhart Hauptmann’s \u003cem data-end=\"644\" data-start=\"630\"\u003eLonely Lives\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem data-end=\"663\" data-start=\"646\"\u003eÂmes Solitaires\u003c\/em\u003e), this artwork embodies the spirit of avant-garde theatre and literature in fin-de-siècle Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1175\" data-start=\"766\"\u003eThe poster announces the upcoming transformation of \u003cem data-end=\"836\" data-start=\"818\"\u003eLa Revue Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e from January 1st, 1894, alongside a performance of Hauptmann’s drama at Lugné-Poe’s Théâtre de l’Œuvre, the epicenter of Symbolist theatre in France. Vuillard’s lithograph is a visual poem of dense textures, ghostly forms, and floating text, capturing the introspective tone of the production and the intellectual world around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1506\" data-start=\"1177\"\u003eHandwritten names and titles—such as those of cast members, literary contributors, and key Symbolist thinkers—are scattered across the composition. Among them are figures like Maurice Maeterlinck, Paul Verlaine, and Octave Mirbeau, alongside references to Symbolist actors and the influential critic Félix Fénéon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1928\" data-start=\"1508\"\u003eVuillard, a key member of the Nabis (a group of post-Impressionist artists with spiritual and decorative aims), breaks away from traditional poster formats. Rather than a bold commercial design, this is a dreamlike tableau, blending intimate domestic scenery with literary reverence. The blurred silhouettes and sketch-like faces evoke the emotional solitude and psychological complexity of Hauptmann’s play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2135\" data-start=\"1930\"\u003ePrinted in soft, shadowy tones with expressive linework, this program blurs the boundary between ephemeral ephemera and fine art, much like the collaborative ethos of the Nabis and Symbolist movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2334\" data-start=\"2137\"\u003eToday, this lithograph is prized as an iconic document of early modernist theatre and French visual culture, representing Vuillard’s unique blend of introspective art and theatrical innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheater - Avant-Garde - France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRef : Roger-Marx 19 - Aitken 60\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vuillard Édouard","offers":[{"title":"33 x 49 \/ A","offer_id":51640321737031,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/9275\/3081\/files\/AP_22995Insta2.jpg?v=1749738112","url":"https:\/\/galerie1881.com\/en\/products\/ap_22995","provider":"Galerie 1881","version":"1.0","type":"link"}