Window

Painted in 1894 and held at MoMA, this work engages one of Vuillard's most consistent compositional devices: the window as threshold between intimate interior and the exterior world. During the 1893–1895 period, Vuillard produced a series of works in which windows, doorways, and mirrors serve as structural elements that simultaneously divide and unify pictorial space. The Nabi interest in two-dimensional pattern and compressed space is fully deployed here — the window frame becomes a pictorial device rather than a naturalistic opening. This period coincided with Vuillard's active engagement with theatre poster design and the Revue Blanche circle.

The canvas is divided into zones of strong pattern — curtains, wall surface, exterior light — with spatial ambiguity held in careful balance. The palette of muted golds, greens, and blue-greys creates a cool, contemplative interior atmosphere.